Medical Terminology
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Medical Terminology
Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences
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Why do you think medical terminology exist?
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Medical Terminology exists...
-To create a standardized language for health care professionals
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Medical terms are made up of a few components: the root, the suffix, and at times a prefix and connecting vowel.
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Multiple Choice
This component of a medical term changes, adds to, or limits the meaning of the root. It may tell you size, color, shape, position, or amount. It is frequently a preposition or an adverb.
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Connecting Vowel
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A prefix is found at the beginning.
Example: auto- = self
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Multiple Choice
This component of a medical term is the main meaning of the word; usually a noun, such as a body part.
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Connecting Vowel
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A root is found in the middle or the beginning if there is no prefix.
Example: Dent = tooth
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Multiple Choice
This component of a medical term changes the meaning of the root; it makes the term a noun, an adjective, or a verb and tells what is being done to the root
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Connecting Vowel
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A suffix is found at the end of the word.
Example: -ology = the study of
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Multiple Choice
This component of medical terminology makes it easier to pronounce the term.
Prefix
Root
Suffix
Connecting Vowel
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A connecting vowel is found between word parts.
Example:
Musculoskeletal = muscul-o-skeletal
Medical Terminology
Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences
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