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Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| morphology | the study of the structures and form of words inlanguages |
| morphems | parts words are made of. Roots & affixes (prefixes & suffix) |
| If morphemes are understood | allows for technical terms to be translated |
| Includes Roots | main part of a word most critical to understand there must be at least one root in every word can stand alone can not be more than 2 in a word in English |
| Medical Terminology | -used to accurately describe the human body and related components, conditions, processes and procedures -standardized means of communication within the healthcare industry -universal across the healthcare industry |
| Medical Terminology | -enables each person involved in the process of treatment and care to preform more efficiently in order to benefit the patient - one wrong letter could indicate an entirely different place on the body or test to be preformed |
| Medical Terminology | typically Greek or Latin - Latin is the universal language of medicine -Greeks were the founders of modern medicine |
| Medical Terminology | Important for healthcare professionals to comprehend * root words * prefixes *combining vowels *suffixes *combining words -Vowels are most common, but consonants can be also be seen |
| Understanding Word Structure | -can make learning medical terminology easier -can make medical research easier -helpful when using medical resources |
| Root Words | -foundation of a medical term, usually indicating the body parts involved -give meaning to a word -may contain one or more roots |
| Root Word Cardi means | heart |
| Root word hepat means | Liver |
| Root word cephal means | head, skull, brain |
| Root word nephr means | kidney |
| root word gastr means | stomach |
| root word oste means | bone |
| root word derm means | skin |
| Compound Words | -contain two or more roots -may or may not be joined by combining vowels |
| Examples of compound words | backache (back ache) heartbeat (heart beat) newborn (new born) |
| Prefixes | -placed before the root word -modify the meaning of the root word |
| examples of prefixes | number negative measurement color positive or direction conditional |
| Number prefix uni | one |
| Number prefix bi | two |
| Number prefix tri | three |
| Number prefix quadra | four |
| Number prefix quinta | five |
| Number prefix sexta | six |
| Number prefix octo | eight |
| Number prefix nona | nine |
| Number prefix deca | ten |
| Measurement Prefixes hyper | excessive |
| Measurement Prefixes hypo | less than |
| Measurement Prefixes sub | uncler |
| Measurement Prefixes supra | above |
| Measurement Prefixes peri | around |
| ab | away from |
| Common Positions ad | toward |
| Common Positions ecto, exo | outside |
| Common Positions endo | inside |
| Common Positions epi | upon |
| Common negative prefixes an | without |
| Common negative prefixes anti | against |
| Common Color Prefixes cyan | blue |
| Common Color Prefixes jaund | yellow |
| Common Color Prefixes erythr | red |
| Common conditional prefixes ambi | both |
| Common conditional prefixes eu | good, normal |
| Common conditional prefixes mal | bad, poor |
| Common conditional prefixes dys | bad, painful, difficult |
| Common conditional prefixes homo | same |
| Common conditional prefixes iso | equal |
| Prefixes | often have opposite which can be beneficial to learn |
| Prefix pre | before |
| prefix post | after |
| prefix hyper | high, above normal |
| prefix hypo | love, below normal |
| suffixes | are placed after the root word. Modify the meaning of the root word & can be grouped together by meaning "pertaining to" - procedural surgical - conditional and structural |
| Common Pretaining to suffixes | ac, an, ic, ar al, ous, inc, tic, ary, cal |
| Surgical suffix ectomy | removal of |
| Surgical suffix scope | instrument or exam |
| Surgical suffix centesis | puncture a cavity to remove fluid |
| Surgical suffix stomy | a new permanent opening |
| Surgical suffix tripsy | crushing or destroying |
| Surgical suffix tomy | cutting, incision |
| Surgical suffix plasty | repair |
| Surgical suffix pexy | fixation |
| Surgical suffix rrhophy | repair or suture |
| Surgical suffix tripsy | crushing or destroying |
| Procedural Suffixes graphy | procedure which records |
| Procedural Suffixes therapy | treatment |
| Procedural Suffixes scopy | visual examination |
| Procedural Suffixes gram | record of |
| Procedural Suffixes logy | study of |
| Conditional & Structural Suffix algia or dynia | pain |
| Conditional & Structural Suffix itis | inflammation |
| Conditional & Structural Suffix osis | abnormal condition |
| Conditional & Structural Suffix rhexis | rupture |
| Conditional & Structural Suffix pathy | disease |
| Building a word | -combining a prefix (beginning) , root (central part of the word) or suffix (ending) -can be achieved by using different combinations * root + suffix * prefix + root * prefix + root + suffix |
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