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15 Cards in this Set
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What are medical terms built from? |
1. Latin and Greek parts 2. Eponyms (based on person's name) 3. Modern English words |
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What are the four elements of medical terms? |
1. Root words 2. Suffixes 3. Prefixes 4. Combining vowels |
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What are root words? |
The foundation of most medical terms and gives the essential of the term |
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What do root words typically refer to? |
Body structure, organ, or structure |
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What are root word examples? |
Cardi - heart. Rhin - nose Carcin - cancer. Cephal - head Gastr - stomach. Myo - muscle Hepat - liver. Oste - bone |
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What is the combining vowel? |
"O" |
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What two ways do you use a combining vowel placement? |
1. Between a root word and suffix 2. Between two roots |
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What is the one way you never use a placement of a combining vowel? |
Never between a prefix and a root word |
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For a root word and suffix combination when is a combining vowel not necessary? Give the example |
If the suffix begins with a vowel Example: Arthr + itis = arthritis |
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For a root word and suffix combination when is a combination vowel necessary? Give the example |
If suffix begins with a constant. Example: Hepat + megaly = Hepatomegaly |
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When do you use a combining vowel between two root words? Give the example |
Use a combining vowel, even if the second root word begins with a vowel Example: Gastr + enter + logy = gastroenterology |
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Combining form consist of what? |
A root word and it's combining vowel |
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What are combining form examples? |
1. Cephal/o = head. 5. Gastr/o = stomach 2. Rhin/o = nose. 6. My/o = muscle 3. Hepat/o = liver. 7. Oste/o = bone 4. Cardi/o = heart. 8. Arthr/o = joint |
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What are the three steps in deconstructing medical terms? |
1. Divide the word into it's word parts 2. Define each word part 3. Put the meaning together to see what the term is describing |
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How do you interpret the terms information? |
Start from the end of the word (suffix) back to the beginning (prefix) and then to the root word |
