Medical Terminology- building, decoding med terms
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| What is a word root? | The basic meaning of the medical term. Usually indicates a body part.
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| What is a prefix? | Word part used at the beginning of the word. Describes, modifies, or limits the term.
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| What is a suffix? | The word ending. Changes the meaning of the word. ALL medical terms have a suffix.
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| What is the combining vowel? | The vowel that connects word roots together. Usually the letter "O".
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| What is the combining form? | The word root plus the combining vowel, used to help pronounce certain words.
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| In what order do you "read" a medical term? | Suffix, prefix, word root(s).
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| Which vowel is used most often in a combining form? | o
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| List the 4 main word parts in a medical term. | Prefix, suffix, combining form, word root.
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| What is the suffix in the word "cardiology"? | ology
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| What is the prefix in the word "intracranial"? | intra
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| Identify the word root in "cardiomyopathy"? | cardio, myo
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| Define "blepharospasm". | Involuntary contraction of the eyelid.
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| Define "hepatonephritis". | Inflamation of the liver and kidneys.
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| Define "rhinoplasty". | Surgical repair of the nose.
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| Define "adenocarcinoma". | Tumor of a gland containing cancer.
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| Define "ovariohysterectomy". | Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
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| Define "hemigastrectomy". | Surgical removal of half of the stomach.
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| Define "endocardial". | Pertaining to inside the heart.
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| Define "ophthalmomyitis". | Inflamation of the eye muscle.
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| Define "cholecystogram". | Record/picture of the gallbladder and bladder.
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| Do all medical terms have prefixes? | No
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| Do all medical terms have suffixes? | Yes
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| Build a term that means "inflammation of a joint". | arthritis
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| Build a terms that means "surgical incision into the stomach and intestines". | gastroenterotomy
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| Build a term that means "any disease of a vessel". | angiopathy
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| Build a term that mean "a specialist in the study of the eye". | ophthalmologist
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