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Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Which languages are the foundation of medical language? | Greek and Latin |
| Who is the father of western medicine | Hippocrates |
| Medical language isn't to be memorized but... | translated |
| What is the last syllable called | ultima: last |
| second to last syllable | penult: almost last |
| third to last syllable | antepenult: the one before the one that is almost the last, where the emphasis in a word usually falls on |
| Root | Foundation or subject of the term What the word is about |
| Suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| Prefix | Added to the beginning of the term when needed to modify the root |
| Anthro | Joint |
| Cardio | heart |
| entero | small intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| hepato | liver |
| neuro | nerve |
| My/o muscul/o | Muscle |
| Angio vas vasul/o | vessle |
| dermo dermato cutaneo | skin |
| gen | creation/cause |
| morpho | change |
| myco | fungus |
| necro | death |
| ortho | straight |
| patho | suffering, disease |
| phago | eat |
| plaso | formation |
| sclero | hard |
| py/o | pus |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment/development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| simple suffixes | used to turn a root into a complete word |
| adjective | suffixes that turn the root into an adjective: ac al ar ary eal ic tic ous |
| nouns | turn root into a noun: ia ism ium y |
| diminutive | transforms the term meaning into a smaller version of the root |
| complex suffix | compound or combination suffixes |
| ec/tom/y | ec: out tom: cut y: procedure |
| -iatrics -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| desis | binding, fixation |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| plural suffixes | -ae -aces -ices -es -mata -a -i -ies |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| combining form | combination of a root with a combining vowel |
| common combining vowel | O, second I |
| When do you use a combining vowel | to join a root to suffixes with a consonant to join two roots together, even if the root starts with a vowel |
| Don't use a combining vowel | joining to a suffix that begins with a vowel |
| What part of the word should be translated first to determine meaning? | suffix |
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