Introduction 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What word parts make up a medical term?
A
Prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes
2
Q
Earliest medical practitioners spoke/wrote in what?
A
Greek and Latin
3
Q
Medical terminology comes from what?
A
Word parts derived from early languages, modern languages, and eponyms
4
Q
Basic word parts include
A
Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
5
Q
Gastr
A
Stomach
6
Q
Cardi
A
Heart
7
Q
Cerebr
A
Brain, cerebrum
8
Q
Colo, colon
A
Colon (section of large intestine)
9
Q
Crani
A
Cranium, skull
10
Q
Dermat
A
Skin
11
Q
Neuron
A
Nerve
11
Q
Nephr
A
Kidney
12
Q
Ost
A
Bone
13
Q
Pulmon
A
Lung
14
Q
Ren
A
Kidney
15
Q
Vas
A
Vessel
16
Q
Prefixes are always
A
Spelled with a hyphen (-) at the end indicating that it is a word part to be attached to another
17
Q
A-, an-
A
Without, not
18
Q
Dys-
A
Painful, difficult, abnormal
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Q
Inter-
A
Between, among
20
Q
Intra-
A
Inside, within
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Q
Peri-
A
Around, surrounding
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Poly-
A
Many, much
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Post-
A
After, behind
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Pre-
Before
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Sub-, infra-
Below, beneath
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Supra-, super-
Above
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Suffixes are always
Spelled with a hyphen (-) at the beginning indicating that it is a word part to be attached to another
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-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous
Pertaining to
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-algia
Pain
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-ectomy
Excision, surgical removal
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-gram
Recording, record
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-ism, -ia
Condition of
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-itis
Inflammation
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-logy
Study of
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-ium
Pertaining to body region, structure
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-oma
Tumor
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-tomy
Incision
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Combining vowel is usually an
“o” but sometimes “i” or “e”
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Combining vowels use the word root followed by a
Slash “/“ and the combining vowel
