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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology for MedCERTS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Medical Terminology Root Words | |
| Anatomy and Medical Terminology | |
| Common Words Root/ Combining Forms for medical terms | |
| ⦁ cerebr/o - brain | |
| ⦁ cyst/o - bladder - urinary system | |
| ⦁ dermat/o - skin - integumentary system | |
| ⦁ gastr/o - stomach - digestive system | |
| ⦁ hem/o - blood | |
| ⦁ onc/o - tumor | |
| ⦁ path/o - disease | |
| ⦁ psych/o - mind | |
| ⦁ ren/o - kidney | |
| ⦁ ur/o - urine | |
| ⦁ oste/o - bone - skeletal system | |
| ⦁ My/o - muscle - muscular system | |
| ⦁ neur/o - nerve - nervous system | |
| ⦁ ocul/o - eye - sensory system | |
| ⦁ ot/o - ear - sensory system | |
| ⦁ aden/o - gland - endocrine system | |
| ⦁ cardi/o - heart - cardiovascular system | |
| ⦁ hem/o - blood | |
| ⦁ pnuem/o - lungs - respitory system | |
| ⦁ metr/i - uterus - female | |
| ⦁ didym/o - testes - male | |
| Root Words That Represent Colors/ Combining forms | |
| ⦁ cyan(o) - blue | |
| ⦁ erythr(o) - red | |
| ⦁ leuk(o) - white | |
| ⦁ melan(o) - black | |
| ⦁ poli(o) - gray | |
| Terminolagy | |
| ⦁ Word Root - Core of a medical term | |
| ⦁ Combining forms - Provides ease in medical term pronunciation | |
| ⦁ Repitition - Ongoing reviews of terms | |
| ⦁ Association - finding a connection to help remember a term | |
| ⦁ Memorization - can result in foundational knowledge of the medical language | |
| Medical Prefixes | |
| Prefixes usually indicate location, time, number, or status | |
| ⦁ peri- / around | |
| ⦁ epi- / above | |
| ⦁ poly- / many | |
| ⦁ a- / without | |
| ⦁ bi- / two | |
| ⦁ dis- / apart | |
| ⦁ ecto- / outside of | |
| ⦁ endo- / inside of | |
| ⦁ ex- / out of | |
| ⦁ hemi- / half | |
| ⦁ micro- / small\ | |
| ⦁ neo- / new | |
| ⦁ retro- / behind | |
| ⦁ semi- / half | |
| ⦁ sub-/ below | |
| ⦁ trans- / through | |
| ⦁ tri- / three | |
| ⦁ ab- / to move away (from) | |
| ⦁ ad-/ to move forward | |
| ⦁ dys-/ abnormal, difficult | |
| ⦁ eu-/ normal, good | |
| ⦁ hyper-/ excessive, above normal | |
| ⦁ hypo-/ below normal | |
| ⦁ inter-/ between | |
| ⦁ intra-/ within | |
| ⦁ pre-/ before | |
| ⦁ post-/ after | |
| ⦁ tachy-/ fast | |
| ⦁ brady-/ slow | |
| ⦁ an- / without | |
| ⦁ ante-/ before | |
| ⦁ anti-/ against | |
| ⦁ contra-/ against | |
| ⦁ di-/ two | |
| ⦁ con-/ together, with | |
| ⦁ syn-/ together, with | |
| ⦁ dys-/ bad | |
| ⦁ mal-/ bad | |
| ⦁ hyper-/ above | |
| ⦁ supra-/ above | |
| ⦁ infra-/ below | |
| ⦁ hypo-/ below | |
| ⦁ sub-/ below | |
| Prefixes | |
| ⦁ Used before the word root | |
| ⦁ Used with lay terms | |
| ⦁ Used with medical terms | |
| ⦁ Modifies the word root | |
| ⦁ Often refers to: | |
| ⦁ numbers, position, direction, time, negation | |
| Number Prefixes | |
| ⦁ Bi- / two | |
| ⦁ Tri- / three | |
| ⦁ Hemi- / half | |
| ⦁ Quad- / four | |
| Position or Direction Prefixes | |
| ⦁ Sub- / below | |
| ⦁ Epi- / above | |
| ⦁ Hyper- / high | |
| ⦁ Hypo- / low | |
| ⦁ Inter- / between | |
| ⦁ Intra- / within | |
| Time Prefixes | |
| ⦁ Brady- / slow | |
| ⦁ Tachy- / fast | |
| ⦁ Ante- / before | |
| Negation Prefixes | |
| ⦁ A/an- / without | |
| ⦁ anti- / against | |
| ⦁ dis- / not | |
| Prefixes used with Cardi/o | |
| ⦁ Add brady - bradycardia - slow heart rate | |
| ⦁ Add tachy - tachycardia - fast heart rate | |
| ⦁ Add intra - intracardiac - within the heart | |
| ⦁ Add epi - epicardium - above the heart | |
| Medical Suffixes | |
| A suffix is added to the end of the word root and usually indicates a procedure, condition, disorder, or disease | |
| ⦁ -megaly / enlargment | |
| ⦁ -algia / pain and suffering | |
| ⦁ -itis / inflammation | |
| ⦁ -ectomy / surgical removal of | |
| ⦁ -cele / abnormal protrusion | |
| ⦁ -emesis / vomiting | |
| ⦁ -lysis / destruction | |
| ⦁ -malacia / softening | |
| ⦁ -necrosis / tissue death | |
| ⦁ -osis / abnormal condition | |
| ⦁ -oma / tumor | |
| ⦁ -pathy / disease, suffering | |
| ⦁ -ptosis / sagging or drooping | |
| ⦁ -sclerosis / abnormal hardening | |
| ⦁ -stenosis / abnormal narrowing | |
| Medical Abbreviations | |
| ⦁ Dr. - Doctor | |
| ⦁ Epi - Epinephrine | |
| ⦁ Ca - Cancer, Carcinoma | |
| ⦁ D/C - Discharge | |
| ⦁ Dx - Diagnosis | |
| ⦁ Fx - Fracture | |
| ⦁ HTN - Hypertension | |
| Medical Acronyms | |
| ⦁ AIDS - Accquired Immune Deficieny Syndrome | |
| ⦁ BP - Blood Pressure | |
| ⦁ IDDM - Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus | |
| ⦁ SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
| ⦁ IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome | |
| ⦁ BKA - Below the Knee Amputation | |
| Medical Epynoms | |
| Term derived from a person's name | |
| ⦁ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | |
| Lou Gehrig's Disease - Named after a baseball player who battled it | |
| ⦁ Eustachian Tube | |
| Tube that connects the nose and middle ear, was named after an Italian anatomist | |
| Bartolomeo Eustachi |
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