Unit 1A: Hacked by Mr Louis

What is medical terminology?

• the language used by medical professionals

• the language used by Mechanical programming

• away from normal or not normal

• describes the disease or condition of the patient

Medical terminology is the same for all medical professionals 

• Tru

• Flase

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT an importance of medical terminology?

• allows healthcare professionals to communicate

• can be understood by only a few medical professionals, such as doctors 

• describes condition of a patient and treatment needed

• saves time in medical emergency

Prefix comes at the ______ of the word, Suffixes come at the ______ of the word

• Start, End

• End, Start

Root words are...

• at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

• the main part of the word

• a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce 

• at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

Prefixes are...

• at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

• the main part of the word

• a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

• at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

Suffixes are...

• at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

• the main part of the word

• a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

• at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

Combining vowels are...

• at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

• the main part of the word

• a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

• at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

Arthr means?

• Cancer

• Stomach

• Bones

• Joints

What is cancer in medical terms?

• Psych

• Canc

• Carcin

• Osteo

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