Medical Terminology is specialized vocabulary used to describe

• The human body

• diseases

• diagnoses

• treatments

Adds meaning to a term when added to the beginning of the term

• prefix

• root

• suffix

• affix

Indicates the essential meaning of a term

• suffix

• root

• affix

• prefix

Inflammation of the windpipes

• bronchitis

• flu a

• strep throat

• Bronch

condition characterized by a fast heart rate

• tachycardia

• hypertension

• cardiovascular

• enlarged heart

gastroesophageal reflux disease

• PDD

• GERD

• WBC

• arthritis

intraosseous means...

• into the muscle

• into the bone

• into a joint

• into the abdomen

Language may qualify as jargon if it

• is fast paced

• hard to understand

• difficult for nonprofessionals to understand

• is in a different language

Which best describes modular terminology

• built using the first letter of several words

• is a shortened form of a single word

• built by combining word parts

• based on proper name

acronyms are terms that are

• shortened forms a single word

• composed of the first letter of other words

• taken from a person name

• not accessible or understandable