Basic Elements of Medical Terms Flashcards
What are the four elements in a medical term?
Word root, combining form, suffix and prefix
What is a word root?
the foundation of a medical term.
CUTANE meaning and where does it come from>
Latin; meaning skin.
DERMATOS
Greek; skin
Dermat
From greek; describes disease, condition, treatment or diagnosis of the skin
Cutane
from Latin; describes an anatomical structure
A root is the main part or foundation of a word. In the words arthritis, arthrectomy, and arthroscope, the root word is…
Arthr
A combining vowel is usually what letter?
O, sometimes an I
A word root lines a suffix that begins with a what?
vowel
A combining form links multiple roots together
true
To define a medical word, what do you define first?
suffix
in the term intramuscular what is the prefix?
Intra
Root word in Splen/o
Splen
Root word in hyster/o
hyster
root word in enter/o
enter
root word in neur/o
neur
root word in ot/o
ot
root word in dermar/o
dermat
