1.4 Medical Terminology

​Medical Language Origins

• ​Latin

• ​Greek

​Word Parts

• ​Root Word

• ​Suffix

• ​Prefix

• ​Combining terms

​Root Word

​foundation word

​Suffix

​Word ending indicating something pertaining to the root word

• ​Study - ology

• ​Removal - ectomy

• ​Inflammation- itis

​Prefixes

​Modify or change meaning

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​a/an- without

​anti- opposing

​ab- move away from

​ad- move toward

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​Combining Vowel

​Has no meaning on it's own

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​usually an "o"

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​hemat/o

​cardi/o

​gastr/o

​Remember

• ​Take the terms apart

• ​Use the medical dictionary to help identify

  • ​root words

  • ​suffixes

  • ​prefixes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following means abnormal condition?

• -algia

• -ectomy

• hyper-

• -osis

• hypo-

Multiple Choice

Which of the following means pain?

• -algia

• -ectomy

• hyper-

• hypo-

• -osis

Multiple Choice

Which combining form means kidney?

• path/o

• ur/o

• nephr/o

• radi/o

Multiple Choice

Which combining form means bone?

• oste/o

• ophthalm/o

• path/o

• ren/o

Multiple Choice

Which combining form means nose?

• ren/o

• radi/o

• rhin/o

• enter/o

Multiple Choice

A patient suffering with gastritis would experience...

• Inflammation of the liver

• Inflammation of the stomach

• muscular pain

• all of the above