Medical Language Flashcards

Medical language is necessary for healthcare professionals to communicate _______, communicate ______, and ______ patients.

Medical language originated primarily from two ancient languages: _____ and _____.

_______ in medical language are terms named after the person who discovered or invented something.

________ in medical language are made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase.

_____ and _____ are prevalent in medical language because they are the foundations of Western medicine and were the global language during the scientific revolution.

The importance of symbol emphasis in medical language lies in knowing where to put the correct ___________ and placing emphasis on the correct ________.

Medical language should be thought of as _________ to be translated, not just words to be memorized.

The combining vowel in medical language is the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix, usually the letter '_'.

Root: arthr/o

Root: cardi/o