Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Name and class number

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Medical Terminology, 21

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Word Root

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is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning. All medical terms have at least one word root.

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Combining Form

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is created when a word root is combined with a vowel

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Suffix - where is the placement in the medical word and describes what?

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placed at the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word, usually describes a pathology, symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech.

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Prefix –where is the placement in the medical term and describes what?

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attached to the beginning of a word or word root. Not all medical terms have a prefix. Adding or changing a prefix changes the meaning of the word. Usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, or negation.

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Define the __________part of the word first

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Last

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Define the ___________part of the word second

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First

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Define the ____________part of the word last

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middle

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Rule #1

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A word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel

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Rule #2

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A combining form (root + o) links a suffix that begins with a consonant

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Rule #3

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A combining form links one root to another root to form a compound word.

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Macron

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Indicates the long sound of a vowel

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Breve

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indicates the short sound of a vowel

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Pronounce ae and oe

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Pronounce only the second vowel when you see these

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Pronounce s and j

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are given to the letters c and g before e, i, and y in words of Greek or Latin origin.

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Pronounce c and g

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with a hard sound before other letters

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Pronounce ch

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sometimes pronounce like K

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Pronounce pn at the beginning of the word

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p is silent, n is the only one pronounced

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Pronounce pn at the middle of the word

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p and n are both pronounced

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Pronounce ps at the beginning of the word

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p is silent, s is pronounced

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E and es as final letters of the word

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pronounced as separate syllables

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I at the end of the word

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pronounced "eye" to form a plural

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Diacritical marks

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symbols placed above the vowels

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Capitalization to aid pronounciation

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used to indicate primary accent

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Greek roots build words that describe ________________

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words that describe a disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis.

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Latin roots build words that describe _________________

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used to build words that describe anatomical structures.