Exploring Medical Terminology: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

The video tutorial introduces medical terminology by explaining prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It covers common root words like 'cardio' and 'gastro', and how prefixes can modify meanings, such as indicating size or negation. Suffixes are discussed in terms of their role in forming nouns or adjectives. The tutorial demonstrates how to combine these elements to create new medical terms and provides strategies for analyzing unknown terms by breaking them down into their components.

What does the root word 'cardio' refer to?

• Liver

• Heart

• Skin

• Stomach

Which root word means 'bone'?

• Gastro

• Osteo

• Hepato

• Dermato

What does the prefix 'poly' mean?

• One

• None

• Two

• Many

Which prefix means 'below'?

• Neo

• Hypo

• Hyper

• Sub

What does the suffix '-ectomy' indicate?

• Surgical removal

• Disease

• Inflammation

• Enlargement

The suffix '-megaly' means:

• Inflammation of

• Pertaining to

• Enlargement of

• Disease of

What does 'gastroenterology' refer to?

• Study of the heart

• Study of the liver

• Study of the skin

• Study of the stomach and intestines

What does 'hemigastrectomy' mean?

• Enlargement of the stomach

• Inflammation of the stomach

• Removal of half the stomach

• Removal of the entire stomach

To understand a medical term, you should first look at the:

• Root word

• Suffix

• Prefix

• Middle of the word

What does 'dysphasia' mean?

• Difficulty breathing

• Difficulty hearing

• Difficulty speaking

• Difficulty swallowing