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Medical Term.

TermDefinition
Medical Language is made up primarily of words taken from what 2 languages? Greek and Latin
MRI is the acronym for what? Magnetic Resonance Imaging
C (before a, o, u) what sound does the word make. K. Cardiac(KAR-dee-ak) Contra(KON-trah) Cut(KUT)
PT(Initial) T. pterigium(teh-RIIH-jee-um)
x(Initial) Z xeroderma(ZER-oh-DER-mah)
Root foundation or subject of term
Suffix ending that gives essential meaning to the term
Prefix added to the beginning of the term.
arth/o (AR-throh) Joint
Cardi/0 (KAR-dee-oh) Heart
enter/o (EN-ter-oh) Small Intestine
gastr/o (GAS-tro) Stomach
hepat/o (he-PAH-toh) Liver
Neur/o (NUR-oh) Nerve
Hem/o (Hee-moh) Blood
Hemat/o (heh-MAH-toh) Blood
my/o (MAI-oh) Muscle
Muscul/o (MUS-kyoo-loh) Muscle
-ultima means what? Ending of a word
-logy means what? study of
-ist means what? Specialist
-logist means what? Specialist in the study of
-iatry means what? Medical science
-megaly means what? Enlargement
angi/o (AN-GEE-oh) Vessel
-ac -eal -ary -ous all means what? Pertaining to
Contra- Anti- Against
Color Coding System: What Color each Letter stands for S.O.A.P S-Blue O-Red A-Green P-Black
Color Coding System: What Color each Letter stands for S.O.A.P S-Blue O-Red A-Green P-Black
Rx Means? The prescription/order itself
Sig(Signa) Instructions to the patient(how to take medication)
Rx Means? The prescription/order itself
Dispense Means? Amount of
Refill means? number of refills allowed
PC Means? After meals
PC Means? After meals
Color Coding System: What Color each Letter stands for S.O.A.P S-Blue O-Red A-Green P-Black
Sig(Signa) Instructions to the patient(how to take medication)
Rx Means? The prescription/order itself
Dispense Means? Amount of
Refill means? number of refills allowed
PC Means? After meals
Lip/o, adip/o, and Steat/o means what? Fat
pil/o, Trich/o Hair
hidr/o Sweat
squam/o Scaly
onych/o, ungu/o Nail
seb/o, sebace/o oil
The medical term for the outmost layer of the skin is the ___. Epidermis
ABCDE Acronym means? asymemetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evo
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