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Elements of a medical word |
Word Root Combining Form Suffix Prefix |
Four terms |
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Word Roots |
Primary meaning of word Greek or Latin |
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Latin vs. Greek |
Greek - disease, diagnosis, condition, or treatment Latin - Structure (anatomic) |
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Combining forms |
Combining two or more words |
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Combining vowel |
Usually an o, but sometimes an i. No meaning of its own. |
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Suffixes |
Word element at the end of a word. Changing the Suffix changes the meaning of the word. |
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Prefixes |
Word element at the beginning of the word. Indicates time, position, direction, or negation. |
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Defining medical words |
1. Define Suffix 2. Define Prefix 3. Define middle part Gastroenteritis |
Thee steps |
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Rules for building medical words |
Rule 1: a root word links a Suffix that begins with a vowel
Rule 2: a root word links with a consonant uses an o
Rule 3: combining multiple roots, and holds true for root words beginning with vowels. |
Three rules |
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Dermatos |
Skin |
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Nephros |
Kidney |
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Cutis |
Skin |
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Renes |
Kidney |
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Stomatos |
Mouth |
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Oris |
Mouth |
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Erythr |
Red |
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Gastro |
Stomach |
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Hepat |
Liver |
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Immuno |
Immune, immunity, safe |
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Osteo |
Bone |
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-Itis |
Inflammation |
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-Megaly |
Enlargement |
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-oma |
Tumor |
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An- |
Without |
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-ia |
Condition |
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-ar / -al |
Pertaining to |
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Hyper |
Excessive or abnormal |
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Intra |
Within |
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Para |
Near, beyond, beside |
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Poly |
Many, much |
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Pre |
Before |
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Enter |
Intestinal |
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-Cyte |
Cell |
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Chondr |
Cartilage |
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Arthr |
Joint |
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Muscul |
Muscle |
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Myo |
Muscle |
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Therm |
Heat |
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Esthes |
Feeling |
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Nas |
Nose |
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Ur |
Urine |
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Nat |
Birth |
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Suffix linking |
Change in Suffix = change in meaning.
Gastritis vs gastromeagly Suffixes with vowel are linked with root. Suffixes with consonant are link with a combining Form. |
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Hemat |
Blood |
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Encephalo |
Brain |
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Mening |
Meninges |
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Suffix types |
Surgical - invasive Diagnostic - procedure to identify Pathological - abnormal condition or disease |
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-Centesis |
Surgical puncture |
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-clasis |
Surgical fracture |
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-Desis |
Binding or fixation |
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-Ectomy |
Excision or removal |
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-Lysis |
Separation, destruction, or loosening |
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-Pexy |
Fixation |
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-Plasty |
Surgical repair |
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-Stomy |
Forming an opening |
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-Tome |
An instrument to cut |
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-Tomy |
Incision |
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-Tripsy |
Crushing |
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-Gram |
Record writing |
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-Graph |
Instrument for recording |
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-Graphy |
Process of recording |
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-Meter |
Instrument for measuring |
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-Metry |
Act of measuring |
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-Scope |
Instrument for examining |
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-Scopy |
Visual examination |
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-Algia |
Pain |
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-Dynia |
Pain |
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-Cele |
Hernia, swelling |
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-Ectasis |
Dilation, expansion |
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-Edema |
Swelling |
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-Emesis |
Vomiting |
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-Emia |
Blood condition |
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-Gen |
Forming, producing, origin |
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-Genesis |
Forming, producing, origin |
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-iasis |
Abnormal condition |
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-Lith |
Stone, calculus |
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-Malacia |
Softening |
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-Megaly |
Enlargement |
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-Oma |
Tumor |
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-Osis |
Abnormal condition, increase |
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-Pathy |
Disease |
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-Penia |
Decrease, deficiency |
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-Phagia |
Eating, swallowing |
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-Phobia |
Fear |
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-Plasia |
Formation, growth |
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-Plasm |
Cell or tissue material |
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-Plegia |
Paralysis |
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-Ptosis |
Prolapse, downward displacement |
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-Rrhage or -rrhagia |
Bursting forth |
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-Rrhea |
Discharge, flow |
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-Rrhexia |
Rupture |
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