Ch1 - Basic Elements Of A Medical Word

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What is a word root?

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The core/foundation of a medical term, it contains the fundamental meaning of the word.

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Greek word roots are used to build words that describe what?

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Diseases, conditions, treatments or diagnosis's.

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Latin word roots are used to build words that describe what?

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Anatomic structures.

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DERM

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SKIN

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NEPHR

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KIDNEY

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STOMAT

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MOUTH

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CUTANE

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SKIN

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OR

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MOUTH

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REN

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KIDNEY

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WHAT IS A COMBINING FORM?

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A WORD ROOT TO WHICH A VOWEL (USUALLY AN O) IS ADDED. ENABLES TWO ELEMENTS TO BE CONNECTED.

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ERYTHR/O

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RED

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GASTR/O

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STOMACH

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HEPAT/O

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LIVER

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IMMUN/O

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IMMUNE, IMMUNITY, SAFE

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NEPHR/O

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KIDNEY

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OSTE/O

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BONE

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A SUFFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?

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PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE OR PART OF SPEECH

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A PREFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?

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A NUMBER, TIME, POSITION, DIRECTION OR NEGATION

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-ITIS

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INFLAMMATION

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-MEGALY

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ENLARGEMENT

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-OMA

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TUMOR

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-IA

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CONDITION

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-AR

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RELATING TO

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A-

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WITHOUT

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HYPER-

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EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL

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INTRA-

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IN, WITHIN

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MACRO-

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LARGE

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MICRO-

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SMALL

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WHAT ARE THE 3 BASIC RULES FOR DEFINING A MEDICAL WORD?

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1. DEFINE THE SUFFIX
2. DEFINE THE FIRST PART OF THE WORD
3. DEFINE THE MIDDLE PARTS OF THE WORD

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A WORD ROOT LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A CONSONANT OR VOWEL?

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VOWEL

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A COMBINING FORM (ROOT+O) LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A VOWEL OR CONSONANT?

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CONSONANT

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USE A ______ TO LINK A ROOT TO ANOTHER ROOT TO FORM A COMPOUND WORD.

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COMBINING FORM

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4 ELEMENTS USED TO FORM WORDS

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WORD ROOTS, COMBINING FORMS, SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES

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FOR AE AND OE, ONLY THE ___ VOWEL IS PRONOUNCED

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SECOND

EX: BURSAE, PLEURAE

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THE ____ SOUND OF S AND J ARE GIVEN TO C AND G BEFORE E,I,Y IN WORDS.

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SOFT

EX: CEREBRUM, GINGIVITIS

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C AND G HAVE A ___ SOUND BEFORE ALL LETTERS EXCEPT FOR I,E,Y IN WORDS.

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HARD

EX: CARDIAC, GONAD

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THE LETTERS CH ARE SOMETIMES PRONOUNCED AS A ___

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K

EX: CHOLESTEROL

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WHEN PN APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, ONLY THE ___ IN PRONOUNCED.

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N

EX: PNEUMONIA

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WHEN PN APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?

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BOTH

EX: HYPERPNEA

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WHEN PS APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?

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S

EX: PSYCHOLOGY

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WHEN FORMING THE FINAL LETTER(S) OF A WORD, E AND ES ARE OFTEN PRONOUNCED AS SEPARATE _______

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SYLLABLES

EX: SYSTOLE, NARES

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WHEN THE LETTER I APPEARS AT THE END OF A WORD (TO FORM A PLURAL) IT IS PRONOUNCED ____

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EYE

EX: BRONCHI, FUNGI