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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Word Root | The foundation of a medical term and contains the medical term's primary meaning |
| All medical terms have at least one______ _______ and all medical terms have a ___________. Not all medical terms have a ____________. | word root, suffix, prefix |
| Most word roots are derived from... | the Greek or Latin language |
| Greek word roots describe... | a disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis |
| Latin word roots describe... | anatomical structures |
| Greek word root for SKIN | dermat (Gr) ( refers to skin condition - not the skin structure) |
| Latin word root for SKIN | cutane (L) (anatomical structure) |
| Greek word root for KIDNEY | nephr (Gr) (refers to condition or disease) |
| Latin word root for KIDNEY | ren (L) (anatomical structure) |
| Greek word root for MOUTH | stomat (Gr) (refers to condition or disease) |
| Latin word root for MOUTH | or (L) (anatomical structure) |
| Combining Form (CF) | created when a word root is combined with a vowel. |
| A combining vowel is usually... | an "o" but is sometimes an "i" |
| Combining Vowel | has no meaning of its own, but enables the connection of two or more word elements |
| Combining form can be listed as... | word root/vowel example: gastr/o = (CF) |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| Osteo/o | bone |
| Suffix | a word element placed at the end of a word that alters its meaning. It describes a pathology , symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech. |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy | disease |
| Pathology | disease or abnormality |
| To link a suffix that begins with a vowel, use a... | word root. (example: gastr/itis) |
| To link a suffix that begins with a consonant, use a... | combining form. (example: gastr/o/megaly) |
| Gastr/itis | inflammation of the stomach |
| Gastr/o/megaly | enlargement of the stomach |
| Hepat/oma | tumor of the liver |
| Hepat/o/cytes | cell in the liver |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -cyte | cell |
| To define a medical term, first define the _______, and then the _________ of the word. | suffix, first part |
| Prefix | a word element attached to the beginning of a word or word root. Adding or changing a prefix changes the meaning of the word. |
| Not all medical terms have a _________. | prefix |
| Prefixes usually indicate a ______, _____, _______, _______, or ______. | time, number, position, direction, negation (opposite0 |
| an- _____, _______ | without, not |
| hyper- ________, ________ | excessive, above normal |
| intra- _____, _____ | in, within |
| para- ____, ____, _____ | near, beside, beyond |
| poly- ____, ____ | many, much |
| pre- _____ | before |
| an/esthes/ia | condition of not feeling ( not, feeling, condition) |
| hyper/therm/ia | condition of excessive heat (excessive/heat/condition) |
| intra/muscul/ar | pertaining to within the muscle (within/muscle/pertaining) |
| para/nas/al | pertaining to area near nose (near,nose, pertaining) |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| poly/ur/ia | condition of much urine. (much, urine, condition) |
| pre/nat/al | pertaining to before birth (before, birth, pertaining) |
| -al | pertaining to |
| The steps to defining medical words are defining the _____, defining the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, and defining the ___ ___ ____ ___ ___. | suffix, first part of the word, middle parts of the word. |
| When analyzing gastr/o/enter/itis following the 3 steps to define a word, the meaning is... | 1. inflammation (of) 2. stomach (and) 3. intestine |
| enter/ | intestine |
| The rules for building medical words | WR links suffix that begins with vowel, combining form (root+o) links suffix with consonant, CF links one WR to another WR to form a compound word - even if the second root begins with a vowel. |
| osteo/o | bone |
| chondr/ | cartilage |
| arthr/ | joint |
| stomach | gastr |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| cholecyst/ | gallbladder |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| gallbladder | cholecyst |
| pancreas | pacreat |
| append | appendix |
| appendix | append |
| -scopy | viewing |
| -ectomy | removal |
| cholecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladder |
| splen/o | spleen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ot/o | eat |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hydr/o | water |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| arthrodesis | fixation of a joint |
| gastrectomy | excision of the stomach |
| chondritis | inflammation of cartilage |
| hepatoma | tumor of the liver |
| muscular | pertaining to muscle (muscul/ar) |
| gastric | pertaining to the stomach (gastr/ic) |
| osteoma | tumor of the bone (oste/oma) |
| hemat | blood |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| hemat/emesis | vomiting blood |
| -logy | study of (hemat/o/logy - study of blood) |
| Study of blood | hematology |
| -centesis | surgical procedure |
| arthr/o/centesis | surgical puncture of a joint |
| -dynia | pain |
| encephal/o | brain |
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