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Special vocabulary used by health care
professionals for effective and accurate
acommunication
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Used to describe such things as parts of the body,
locations in the body, bodily functions, diseases,
surgical and clinical procedures, measurements,
medical instruments, and many others.
medical terminology
importance of medterm
Creates Standard
Communication, Understands
Diagnostic and
Therapeutic
Procedures, Deciphers Complex
Information, Easier and Faster
Documentation
word elements
word root, combining form, suffix, prefix
The basic foundation of a medical
term, usually derived from Latin
or Greek, which provides the
primary meaning.
word root
A word root combined with a
vowel (usually “o” but sometimes
“i” or “e”), which makes it easier
to attach to a suffix or another
root.
Combining Form
A word element attached to the
end of a root or combining form
that modifies its meaning. It often
indicates a procedure, condition,
disorder, or disease.
suffix
A word element added to the
beginning of a root or combining
form to modify its meaning. It
often indicates location, number,
time, or status.
prefix
ALSO KNOWN AS ROOT WORD OR ROOT
Word Root
Foundation of a medical term
and contains its primary
meaning.
word root
Other word elements are added
to ___ to create a
medical terminology
word roots
Derived from either Greek or
Latin language
word root
A root word to which a
combining vowel has been added
in order to link the root to a
second root word or to a suffix.
Combining Form
The vowel, known as a
“combining vowel” is usually
o and sometimes an i
Word element placed at the end
of a word that changes the
meaning of the entire word.
suffix
Suffix usually describes a
pathology (disease or
abnormality), symptom, surgical
or diagnostic procedure or part
of speech.
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -iac means
pertaining to
-oid
resembling
-ician
specialist
-logy
study of
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-malacia
softening
