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Intro to Med Term
Ch. 1 Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is medical language useful and necessary? | It allows health care professionals to be clear, communicate quickly, and provide comfort to patients. |
| What are the two ancient languages that serve as the foundation of medical language? | Greek & Latin |
| Lou Gehrig's Disease is an example of what derivative of the Greek language? | Eponym - epi (upon) + onyma (name) = "to put a name to something" |
| What word is derived from the Greek words acro (high, end) and onyma (name) which translates to "make a name with the ends." One example would be, MRI. | Acronym |
| Who is considered to be the father of western medicine? | Hippocrates |
| Where were the foundations of western medicine laid? | Ancient Greece & Rome |
| Born in AD 129, what man made some of the greatest achievements of our understanding of the human body, how disease affects it, and how drugs work? | Galen |
| What was the global language of the scientific revolution that allowed people from England, Italy, Spain, Poland, and elsewhere to talk to one another? | Latin |
| True or False: Latin and Greek provide an excellent basis for medical terminology because dead languages do not change? | True, by using dead language there is no worry that words will change meaning overtime. |
| What sound does the letter C make (before a, o, u)? | K Example: Cardiac (KAR-dee-ak) |
| What sound does the letter C make (before e, i, y)? | S Example: Cephalic (seh-FAL-ik), Cyst (SIST) |
| What sound does CH make? | K Example: Chiropractor (KAI-roh-PRAK-tor) |
| What sound does the letter G make (before a, o, u)? | G Example: Gamma (GAH-mah) |
| What sound does the letter G make (before e, i, y)? | J Example: Genetic (jen-ET-ik) |
| What sound does PH make? | F Example: Pharmacy (FAR-mah-see) |
| What sound does PN make? | N Example: Pneumonia (noo-MOHN-yah) |
| What sound does PT make? | T Example: Pterigium (teh-RIH-jee-um) |
| What sound does RH, RRH, make? | R Example: Hemorrhage (HEH-moh-rig) |
| What sound does X make? | Z Example: Xanax (ZAN-ex), Xeroderma (ZER-oh-DER-mah) |
| What is the name of the last syllable? | Ultima "last" |
| What is the name of the second-to-last syllable? | Penult "almost the last" |
| What is the name of the third-to-last syllable? | Antepenult "the one before the one that is almost the last" |
| Which syllable do you emphasize when pronouncing medical terms? | the third-to-last "Antepenult" Example: Cardiac (KAR-dee-ak), Cardiology, (kar-dee-AW-loh-jee), Colonoscopy (co-lon-AW-skoh-pee) |
| What is the foundation or subject of the term? | The Root |
| What is the ending that gives essential meaning to the term? | Suffix |
| What is added to the beginning of the term when needed to further modify the root? | Prefix |
| What is the root word for Joint? | Arthr/o (AR-throh) |
| What is the root word for Heart? | Cardi/o (KAR-dee-oh) |
| What is the root word for Small Intestine? | Enter/o (EN-ter-oh) |
| What is the root word for Stomach? | Gastr/o (GAS-tro) |
| What is the root word for Liver? | Hepat/o (he-PAH-toh) |
| What is the root word for Nerve? | Neur/o (NUR-oh) |
| What is the root word(s) for Blood? | Hem/o and Hemat/o (HEE-moh) (heh-MAH-toh) |
| What is the root word(s) for Muscle? | My/o and Muscul/o (MAI-oh) (MUS-kyoo-loh) |
| Angi/o, (AN-gee-oh) Vas/o, (VAS-oh) and Vascul/o (VAS-kyoo-loh) are all root words for what? | Vessel, (most commonly refers to blood vessel) |
| Derm/o, (DER-moh) Dermat/o, (der-MAH-toh) and Cutane/o (kyoo-TAY-nee-oh) are all root words for what? | Skin |
| Pneum/o, (NOO-moh) Pneumon/o, (noo-MAW-noh) and Pulmon/o (PUL-maw-noh) are all root words for what? | Lung |
| What is the root word for Creation or Cause? | gen/o (JIN-oh) |
| What is the root word for Water? | hydr/o (HAI-droh) |
| What is the root word for Change? | Morph/o (MOR-foh) |
| What is the root word for Fungus? | myc/o (MAI-koh) |
| What is the root word for Death? | Necr/o (NEH-kroh) |
| What is the root word for Straight? | Ortho/o (OR-thoh) |
| What is the root word for Suffering / Disease? | Path/o (PAH-thoh) |
| What is the root word for Eat? | Phag/o (FAY-goh) |
| What is the root word for Formation? | Plas/o (PLAH-soh) |
| What is the root word for Pus? | Py/o (PAI-oh) |
| What is the root word for Hard? | Scler/o (SKLEH-roh) |
| What is the root word for Narrowing? | Sten/o (STIH-noh) |
| What is the root word for Nourishment / Development? | Troph/o (TROH-foh) |
| What is the root word for Foreign? | Xen/o (ZEE-noh) |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-ac" | pertaining to Example: Cardiac |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-al" | pertaining to Example: Skeletal |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-ar" | pertaining to Example: Muscular |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-ary" | pertaining to Example: Pulmonary |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-eal" | pertaining to Example: Esophageal |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-ic" | pertaining to Example: Medic |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-tic" | pertaining to Example: Neurotic |
| What is the definition of the suffix "-ous" | pertaining to Example: Subcutaneous |
| What is the definition of the Suffix(s): -ia (ee-ah), and -ism (ih-zum), that turns the root into nouns? | condition Example: pneumonia, autism |
| What is the definition of the Suffix -ium (ee-um), that turns the root into nouns? | tissue, structure Example: pericardium |
| What is the definition of the Suffix -y (ee), that turns the root into nouns? | condition, procedure Example: hypertrophy |
| Ventricle, Arteriole, Pustule, & Uvula, are all words that have what kind of suffix(s)? | Diminutive (Small) |
| What does -icle mean? | small |
| What does -ole mean? | small |
| What does -ule mean? | small |
| What does -ula mean? | small |
| What does the suffix -iatrics mean? | medical science |
| What does the suffix -iatrist mean? | specialist in medicine of |
| What does the suffix -ist mean? | specialist |
| What does the suffix -logist mean? | specialist in the study of |
| What does the suffix -logy mean? | study of |
| What is the definition of the Suffix(s) -algia and -dynia? | pain |
| What does -cele translate to? | hernia |
| What does -emia mean? | blood condition |
| What does -iasis mean? | presence of |
| What is -itis? | inflammation |
| What does -lysis mean? | loosen, break down |
| What is -malacia? | abnormal softening |
| What is -megaly? | enlargement |
| What does -oid mean? | resembling |
| What does -oma mean? | tumor |
| What does -osis mean? | condition |
| What does -pathy mean? | disease |
| What does -penia mean? | deficiency |
| What does -ptosis mean? | drooping |
| What does -rrhage, or -rrhagia mean? | excessive flow |
| What does -rrhea mean? | flow |
| What does -rrhexis mean? | rupture |
| What does -spasm mean? | involuntary contraction |
| When it comes to testing what is the suffix -centesis | puncture |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -gram | written record |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -graphy | writing procedure |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -meter | instrument used to measure |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -metry | process of measuring |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -scope | instrument used to look |
| When it comes to testing what does is the suffix -scopy | process of looking |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -desis | binding or fixation |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -ectomy | removal |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -pexy | surgical fixation |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -plasty | reconstruction |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -rrhaphy | suture |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -stomy | creation of an opening |
| When it comes to treatment what does is the suffix -tomy | incision |
| What is the plural form of -a | -ae |
| What is the plural form of -ax | -aces |
| What is the plural form of -ex | -ices |
| What is the plural form of -ix | -ices |
| What is the plural form of -is | -es |
| What is the plural form of -ma | -mata |
| What is the plural form of -on | -a |
| What is the plural form of -um | -a |
| What is the plural form of -us | -i |
| What is the plural form of -y | -ies |
| What does the negating prefix a- or an- mean? | not |
| What does the negating prefix anti- or contra- mean? | against |
| What does the negating prefix de- mean? | down, away from |
| What does the prefix ante- or pre- mean? | before |
| What does the prefix pro- mean? | before, on behalf of |
| What does the prefix brady- mean? | slow |
| What does the prefix tachy- mean? | fast |
| What does the prefix post- | after |
| What does the prefix re- mean? | again |
| What does the directional prefix ab- mean? | away |
| What does the directional prefix ad- mean? | toward |
| What does the directional prefix(s) circum- or peri- mean? | around |
| What does the directional prefix(s) dia- or trans- mean? | through |
| What does the directional prefix(s) e-, ec-, ex- mean? | out |
| What does the directional prefix(s) ecto-, exo-, extra- mean? | outside |
| What does the directional prefix(s) en-, endo-, intra- mean? | in, inside |
| What does the directional prefix epi- mean? | upon |
| What does the directional prefix sub- mean? | beneath |
| What does the directional prefix inter-mean? | between |
| What is the quantity of bi- | two |
| What is the quantity of hemi, or semi | half |
| What does hyper- mean? | over |
| What does hypo- mean? | under |
| What does macro- mean? | large |
| What does micro- mean? | small |
| What is the quantity of mono- | one |
| What is the quantity of oligo- | few |
| What is the quantity of pan- | all |
| What is the quantity of poly- or multi- | many |
| What does con-, syn-, or sym- mean? | with, together |
| What does dys- mean? | bad |
| What does eu- mean? | good |
| To figure out the definition of a term what 3 steps should you follow in order to interpret? | Suffix first then the Prefix (if present) then the Root or Roots |
| The term cardiology (cardio / logy) is defined as what? | study of the heart |
| The term hepatitis (hepat / itis) is defined as what? | inflammation of the liver |
| The term myalgia (my / algia) is defined as what? | pain of muscle |
| The term osteotomy (osteo / tomy) is defined as what? | incision into a bone |
| The term angiectomy (angi / ectomy) is defined as what? | surgical removal of a vessel |
| The term arthritis (arthr / itis) is defined as what? | inflammation of the joint |
| What is the definition of the term angiosclerosis? | hardening of a blood vessel (angio / scler / osis) |
| What is the definition of the term cardiopulmonary? | pertaining to the heart and lungs (cardio / pulmon / ary) |
| What is the definition of the term dermatoymycosis? | skin condition cause by fungus (dermato / myc / osis) |
| What is the definition of the term dysentery? | another name for severe diarrhea (dys / enter / y) |
| What is the definition of the term hepatosplenomegaly? | enlargement of the liver and spleen (hepato / spleno / megaly) |
| What is the definition of the term hyperplasia? | overformation condition (hyper / plas / ia) |
| What is the definition of the term hypoglycemia? | condition characterized by low sugar in the blood (low blood sugar) (hypo / glyc / emia) |
| What is the definition of the term osteocarcinoma? | bone cancer tumor (osteo / carcin / oma) |
| What is the definition of the term osteomyelitis? | inflammation of the bone marrow (osteo / myel / itis) |
| What is the definition of the term pericardium? | tissue around the heart (peri / card / ium) |
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