Ch1 - Basic Elements of a Medical Word
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- What is a word root?
- The core/foundation of a medical term, it contains the fundamental meaning of the word.
- Greek word roots are used to build words that describe what?
- Diseases, conditions, treatments or diagnosis's.
- Latin word roots are used to build words that describe what?
- Anatomic structures.
- DERM
- SKIN
- NEPHR
- KIDNEY
- STOMAT
- MOUTH
- CUTANE
- SKIN
- OR
- MOUTH
- REN
- KIDNEY
- WHAT IS A COMBINING FORM?
- A WORD ROOT TO WHICH A VOWEL (USUALLY AN O) IS ADDED. ENABLES TWO ELEMENTS TO BE CONNECTED.
- ERYTHR/O
- RED
- GASTR/O
- STOMACH
- HEPAT/O
- LIVER
- IMMUN/O
- IMMUNE, IMMUNITY, SAFE
- NEPHR/O
- KIDNEY
- OSTE/O
- BONE
- A SUFFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?
- PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE OR PART OF SPEECH
- A PREFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?
- A NUMBER, TIME, POSITION, DIRECTION OR NEGATION
- -ITIS
- INFLAMMATION
- -MEGALY
- ENLARGEMENT
- -OMA
- TUMOR
- -IA
- CONDITION
- -AR
- RELATING TO
- A-
- WITHOUT
- HYPER-
- EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL
- INTRA-
- IN, WITHIN
- MACRO-
- LARGE
- MICRO-
- SMALL
- WHAT ARE THE 3 BASIC RULES FOR DEFINING A MEDICAL WORD?
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1. DEFINE THE SUFFIX
2. DEFINE THE FIRST PART OF THE WORD
3. DEFINE THE MIDDLE PARTS OF THE WORD - A WORD ROOT LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A CONSONANT OR VOWEL?
- VOWEL
- A COMBINING FORM (ROOT+O) LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A VOWEL OR CONSONANT?
- CONSONANT
- USE A ______ TO LINK A ROOT TO ANOTHER ROOT TO FORM A COMPOUND WORD.
- COMBINING FORM
- 4 ELEMENTS USED TO FORM WORDS
- WORD ROOTS, COMBINING FORMS, SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES
- FOR AE AND OE, ONLY THE ___ VOWEL IS PRONOUNCED
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SECOND
EX: BURSAE, PLEURAE - THE ____ SOUND OF S AND J ARE GIVEN TO C AND G BEFORE E,I,Y IN WORDS.
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SOFT
EX: CEREBRUM, GINGIVITIS - C AND G HAVE A ___ SOUND BEFORE ALL LETTERS EXCEPT FOR I,E,Y IN WORDS.
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HARD
EX: CARDIAC, GONAD - THE LETTERS CH ARE SOMETIMES PRONOUNCED AS A ___
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K
EX: CHOLESTEROL - WHEN PN APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, ONLY THE ___ IN PRONOUNCED.
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N
EX: PNEUMONIA - WHEN PN APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?
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BOTH
EX: HYPERPNEA - WHEN PS APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?
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S
EX: PSYCHOLOGY - WHEN FORMING THE FINAL LETTER(S) OF A WORD, E AND ES ARE OFTEN PRONOUNCED AS SEPARATE _______
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SYLLABLES
EX: SYSTOLE, NARES - WHEN THE LETTER I APPEARS AT THE END OF A WORD (TO FORM A PLURAL) IT IS PRONOUNCED ____
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EYE
EX: BRONCHI, FUNGI