Ch. 25 Medical Terminology Flashcards
How many root words can you find in a medical term?
One or more
What is an Eponym?
A treatment or disorder that is named after the person who studied or discovered it.
Who was know as the “Father of Medicine?”
Imhotep (Egyptian)
Hippocrates was the “Father of Modern Medicine” and the “Father of ?”
Clinical Medicine
What 2 languages are medical term as typically derived from and why?
Greek and Latin. Greeks were the first to systematically study the field of medicine (including anatomy) and to develop a suitable vocabulary. Latin then continued as the language of science, the law, and the Church throughout Western Europe until the eighteenth century.
When dissecting a medical term, what is the first step you would take?
Begin at the end of the word with the suffix and then follow your way back to the beginning of the word.
Most of the basic compound of a word and it is the basis on which the meaning of a work is constructed.
Root
Andr
Male = Greek
Glyc
Glucose, sugar
Lactic
Milk = Latin
Hydr
Water = Greek
Cerebr
Of or pertaining to the brain = Latin
Sangui
Denotes blood = Latin
Strat (strato)
Bed, blanket = Latin
Cutis
Skin = Latin
Derm (dermat)
Skin = Greek
Modify root words by either qualifying or quantifying them.
Prefixes
Retro
Backwards, back = Latin
Hypo
Less = Greek
Hydr
Water = Greek
Hyper
More = Greek
Sub
Under, somewhat = Latin
Exo
Denotes something as ‘outside’another, external = Ancient Greek
Inte (r)
Between, among = Latin
Poly
Many, much, too much, excessive = Greek
Appears at the end of a word and modifies a word’s meaning. Also helps make the word an adjective, a verb, or a noun.
Suffix
Ism
Condition, state of being
Pathy
Denotes (with a negative sense) a disease or disorder = Ancient Greek
Sis
Indicating a state or condition = Greek
Logy
Study of
Tomy
Act of cutting; incising, incision = Greek
Lysis
Destruction, separation = Greek
Cyte
Cell = Greek
The resulting combination of a root word, a combining vowel, a prefix, a suffix, or any combination.
Combining Form
A suffix that is added to a word to note smallness or being smaller than something else.
Diminutive Term
Name a few suffixes that suggest a diminutive term.
Ole, idle, ucle (all meaning small, little, minute)
What does a combining vowel (o) do?
A vowel used to combine root words with suffixes and prefixes
Name 3 parts that a medical term may contain.
Root, Prefix, Suffix
