Unit 1 Day 2 Med Terms Ch 1

It helps in understanding and constructing medical terms accurately.

It allows you to memorize all medical terms without understanding them.

It is only useful for doctors and not other healthcare professionals.

It is not necessary if you use a medical dictionary.

It indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.

It describes the part of the body involved.

It comes at the beginning of a word to influence meaning.

It is a word root with a combining vowel added.

Brachio- = Arm, Gastro- = Stomach, Nephro- = Kidney, Oto- = Ear

Brachio- = Leg, Gastro- = Heart, Nephro- = Liver, Oto- = Eye

Brachio- = Head, Gastro- = Kidney, Nephro- = Stomach, Oto- = Nose

Brachio- = Foot, Gastro- = Lung, Nephro- = Brain, Oto- = Mouth

ab-

ad-

inter-

intra-

To make the term easier to pronounce

To indicate a disease

To show the location of a condition

To change the meaning to an adjective

-algia

-oma

-pnea

-stasis

-ac

-ous

-um

-ic

-sclerosis

-malacia

-megaly

-itis

-centesis

-plasty

-scopy

-itis

-ectomy

-ostomy

-otomy

-ology

arteri/o: artery

ather/o: joint

arthr/o: joint

ather/o: plaque or fatty substance

It helps reinforce word-building skills

It makes learning medical terminology harder

It eliminates the need to learn Latin or Greek

It only helps with spelling medical terms