Medical Terminology

​Medical Terminology

Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences​

Open Ended

Why do you think medical terminology exist?

​Medical Terminology exists...

​-To create a standardized language for health care professionals

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​Medical terms are made up of a few components: the root, the suffix, and at times a prefix and connecting vowel.

Multiple Choice

This component of a medical term changes, adds to, or limits the meaning of the root. It may tell you size, color, shape, position, or amount. It is frequently a preposition or an adverb.

• Prefix

• Root

• Suffix

• Connecting Vowel

​A prefix is found at the beginning.

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Example: auto- = self​

Multiple Choice

This component of a medical term is the main meaning of the word; usually a noun, such as a body part.

• Prefix

• Root

• Suffix

• Connecting Vowel

​A root is found in the middle or the beginning if there is no prefix.

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Example: Dent = tooth

Multiple Choice

This component of a medical term changes the meaning of the root; it makes the term a noun, an adjective, or a verb and tells what is being done to the root

• Prefix

• Root

• Suffix

• Connecting Vowel

​A suffix is found at the end of the word.

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Example: -ology = the study of

Multiple Choice

This component of medical terminology makes it easier to pronounce the term.

• Prefix

• Root

• Suffix

• Connecting Vowel

​A connecting vowel is found between word parts.

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Example:

Musculoskeletal = muscul-o-skeletal