Basic Word Structure: Chapter One Flashcards
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When you analyze a a medical term, begin at the ___ of the word.
end
The ending of a term is called a
Suffix
All medical terms contain..
Suffixes
The suffix in HEMATOLOGY is
-LOGY
The meaning of the suffix -LOGY is
Study of
The meaning of the root word HEMAT- is
Blood
After you analyze the end of the medical term, look at the
Beginning of the term
The root gives the ____ ____ of the term.
Essential meaning
The important connector between the root and the suffix is called a..
Hint: the letter has no meaning of its own.
Combing vowel
Ex: /o/
HEMATOLOGY means
Study of blood
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM is often abbreviated as
ECG ( or sometimes EKG)
How many root words does ELECTROCARDIOGRAM have
2 root words:
ELECTR-
CARDI-
The suffix -GRAM means
Record
The root ELECTR- means
Electricity
The root word CARDI- means
Heart
What order do you read the meaning of medical terms?
- The suffix
- Back to the beginning of the term
- And then across
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM means
Record of the electricity in the heart
(It is the electrical current flowing within the heart that causes the heart muscle to contact, pumping blood throughout the body.)
The sound made by the contraction and relaxation of the heart muscle is called
The heartbeat
The combining vowel plus the root is called a
A combining form
Ex: ELECTR/O and CARDI/O
The two combining forms in the term GASTROENTEROLOGY are
GASTR/O and ENTER/O
GASTROENTEROLOGY means
The study of the stomach and the intestines.
GASTR- means
Stomach
ENTER- means
Intestines
GASTROSCOPE means
Instrument to visually examine the stomach.