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Chapter 1
Intro to medical language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is medical language necessary? | clear, quickly, and comfort |
| Where are the origins of medical language? | Greek and Latin |
| What are the parts used to build medical language? | root, suffix, prefix |
| Who is considered the father of medicine? What was named after him? | Hippocrates- Hippocratic Oath |
| What is the last Syllable in a term called? | Ultima |
| Why should you think of medical language as sentences to translate? | break down and understand new words |
| What is an Eponym? | word form by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described |
| What is the second to last syllable called? | Penult |
| What is the foundation or subject of a term? | root |
| When is a combining vowel used? | Used to make easier to combine root with other words |