Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes and Combining Forms Slides 1-15

Question 1

What does nephr,ren mean?

Answer 1

Kidney

Question 2

What does col mean?

Answer 2

colon

Question 3

What does “inter” mean

Answer 3

between

Question 4

What does pulmon mean?

Answer 4

Lung

Question 5

What does crani mean?

Answer 5

Cranium,Skull

Question 6

Why do Health-Care professionals use Medical Terms?

Answer 6

• It is a gateway to learning about the human body and about health
  care generally.
• You must learn medical terms to understand the Medical conditions.

Question 7

What does Dermat mean?

Answer 7

Skin

Question 8

What does “intra” mean

Answer 8

Within

Question 9

What does “post-” mean

Answer 9

After

Question 10

What does Gastr refer to?

Answer 10

Stomach

Question 11

What does Cardi mean?

Answer 11

Heart

Question 12

What languages did the roots of Medical terms derive from?

Answer 12

GREEK and LATIN

• The earliest medical practitioners generally wrote, spoke and read Greek
• *and Latin as these were the languages of science and education for**
• *more than 2000 years.**

Question 13

What are some examples of word parts?

Answer 13

Basic word parts include the root, a prefix, and a suffix.

• Example: gastrotomy; Gastr- refers to stomach, and –tomy refer to
  incision, therefore gastrotomy means incision made into the stomach.

Question 14

How is Medical Langauge different from normal English?

Answer 14

• Medical terms are much more precise.
• These medical terms mean very different things to health care workers
• *and cannot be translated word-for-word into plain English.**

Question 15

What does “peri-” mean

Answer 15

Around, surrounding

Question 16

What does cerebr mean?

Answer 16

Brain, Cerebrum

Question 17

What is a word root?

Answer 17

A word root is the core or main part of the word.

• All medical terms have a word root.
• In many cases, you will have to memorize the meaning of word roots, and
  you will already know many common ones because some everyday
  words are also derived from them.

Question 18

What does “Dys” mean

Answer 18

painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 19

What does “supra-,super” mean

Answer 19

Above

Question 20

What are most terms built from?

Answer 20

Most medical terms are built from word parts.

• The term meaning will come from the meaning of its parts.
• Some medical terms are not built from word parts but have their own
  origins in modern language that may or may not be directly derived from
  ancient languages.
• Other terms are derived from the name of the person who first identifies a
  condition or developed a procedure.

Question 21

What does “sub-,infra” mean

Answer 21

below, beneath

Question 22

What does pre- mean?

Answer 22

Before

Question 23

What does oste mean?

Answer 23

Bone

Question 24

What does “poly-” mean

Answer 24

Many,Much

Question 25

What are prefixes?

Answer 25

• Prefixes are the second type of word part.
• Pre- means before
• Prefix is the word part that comes before the word root in a medical
  term. (e.g., prenatal).
• Prefixes always contribute to the meaning of the term, usually by simply
  adding the meaning of the prefix to the word root.

Question 26

What does “a-,an-” mean

Answer 26

Without, not

Question 27

What does disk refer to

Answer 27

Disk(as in disk of the spine)