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chapter 1..
communication and medical language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| communication and how many are there | there are 5/ 1. reading, 2. listening, 3. thinking and analyzing, 4. speaking, 5. writing |
| where is the combining form part of the word located | if there is no prefix, then it's at the beginning but if there is a prefix than it's in the middle if the prefix and suffix |
| where does the hyphen go in a prefix | at the end of the word |
| medic/o- | physician; medicine (combining form) |
| where does the hyphen go in the suffix | in the beginning of the word |
| prefix | an optional word beginning |
| combining form | the foundation of a word |
| suffix | the word ending |
| appendic/o- | appendix (medical meaning) |
| arthr/o- | joint (medical meaning) |
| cardi/o- | heart (medical meaning) |
| cutane/o- | skin (medical meaning) |
| esthes/o- | sensation, feeling (medical meaning) |
| gastr/o- | stomach (medical meaning) |
| hemat/o- | blood (medical meaning) |
| hepat/o- | liver (medical meaning) |
| laryng/o- | larynx voice box (medical meaning) |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process (medical meaning) |
| nas/o- | nose (medical meaning) |
| nat/o- | birth (medical meaning) |
| neur/o- | nerve (medical meaning) |
| pneumon/o- | lung; air (medical meaning) |
| psych/o- | mind (medical meaning) |
| retin/o | retina, of the eye (medical meaning) |
| tonsill/o- | tonsil (medical meaning) |
| trache/o- | trachea windpipe (medical meaning) |
| urin/o- | urine; urinary system (medical meaning) |
| ven/o- | vein (medical meaning) |
| -ac | pertaining to/cardiac/pertaining to the heart |
| -al | pertaining to/nasal/pertaining to the nose |
| -ar | pertaining to/muscular/pertaining to the muscle |
| -ary | pertaining to/urinary/pertaining to urine |
| -ation | a process; being or having/urination/a process of making urin |
| -ous | pertaining to/venous/pertaining to the vein |
| -tic | pertaining to/dietetic/pertaining to the diet |
| -ia | condition, state, thing/pneumonia/condition of the lung |
| -ion | action; condition/digestion/action of digesting food |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause/alcoholism/disease caused by alcohol |
| -itis | inflammation of/tonsillitis/inflammation of the tonsil |
| -megaly | enlargement/hepatomegaly/enlargement of the liver |
| -oma | tumor, mass/neuroma/tumor of the nerve |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process/psychosis/abnormal condition of the mind |
| -pathy | disease, suffering/retinopathy/disease of the retina of the eye |
| -ectomy | surgical excision/appendectomy/surgical excision (or removal) of the appendix |
| -graphy | process of recording/electrocardiography/process of recording the electrical activity of the heart |
| -scopy | process of using an instruument to examine/gastroscopy/process of using an instrument to examine the stomach |
| -iatry | medical treatment/psychiatry/medical treatment for the mind |
| -itian | a skilled professional or expert/dietitian/a skilled professional or expert in foods and diet |
| -ology | the study of/urology/the study of the urinary system |
| does every word contain a prefix? | no |
| does every word contain a suffix? | yes |
| does every word contain a combining form? if so, how many possible? | yes, could be more than two |
| endo- | innermost, within/endotracheal/pertaining to within the trachea |
| intra- | within/intravenous/pertaining to within the vein |
| peri- | around/perinatal/pertaining to around the time of birth |
| sub- | below; underneath; less than/subcutaneous/pertaining to underneath the skin |
| an- | without, not/anesthesia/condition without sensation or feeling |
| hyper- | above; more than normal/hyperactive/pertaining to more than normal activity |
| hypo- | below; deficient/hypothyroidism/disease from a specific cause of below-normal functioning of the thyroid gland |
| poly- | many, much/polyneuropathy/disease of many nerves |
| brady- | slow/bradycardia/condition of a slow heart rate |
| pre- | before; in front of/prenatal/pertaining to before birth |
| post- | after, behind/postnatal/pertaining to after birth |
| tachy- | fast/tachycardia/condition of a fast heart |
| anti- | against/antipsychotic/pertaining to a drug that is against psychosis |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal/dysfunctional/pertaining to abnormal function |
| etymology | the study of word origins and derivations |
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