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skin

A

dermat

cutane

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Word root

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The foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning.

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Kidney

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nephr

ren

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Mouth

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stomat

or

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Combining form

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root word is combined with a vowel
usually o but sometimes a i
No meaning of it’s own
enables 2 or more elements to be connected

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erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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immun/o

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immune, immunity, safe

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nephr/o

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kidney

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oste/o

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bone

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Suffix

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A word or element placed at the end of a word that changes the meaning of the word

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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Prefix

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A word or element attached to the beginning of a word or word root

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an-

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without

not

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esthes

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feeling

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-ia

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condition

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hyper-

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excessive

above normal

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therm

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heat

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intra-

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in

within

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muscul

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muscle

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-ar

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pertaining to

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para-

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near
beside
beyond

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nas

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nose

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-al

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pertaining to

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poly

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prefix
many
much

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ur

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urine

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-ia

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condition

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pre-

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before

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nat

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birth

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Rules for building medical words

A 
#1: A word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel
#2: A combining form links a suffix that begins with a consonant
#3: A combining form links one root to another to form a compound word.
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33
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What are the 3 steps to defining a medical word

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#1: Define the suffix
#2: Define the prefix, word root, or combining form
#3: Define the middle of the word
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Compound word

A

words that contain more than one word root

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hemat

A

blood

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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arthr

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joint

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-itis

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inflammation

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39
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-dynia

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pain

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-logy

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study of

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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enter

A

intestine

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arthr

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joint

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oste/o

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bone

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mening

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meninges

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46
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suffixes that begin with a vowel are linked with a _______; suffixes that begin with a consonant are linked with a ________.

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root; combining form

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47
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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-clasis

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to break; surgical fracture

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-desis

A

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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-lysis

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separation; destruction; loosening

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-pexy

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fixation (of an organ)

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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-stomy

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forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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-tripsy

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-gram

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record, writing

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

A

act of measuring

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-scope

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instrument for examining

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-algia

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-dynia

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-edema

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-gen

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forming, producing, origin

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-genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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-iasis

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abnormal condition ( produced by something specified)

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

A

stone, calculus

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-malacia

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oma

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase ( used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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-phobia

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-plasia

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formation, growth

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-plegia

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhage

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bursting forth (of)

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of)

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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-sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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-toxic

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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-ac

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-al

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ar

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ary

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-eal

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ic

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ical

A

adjective
pertaining to
combination of -ic and -al

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-ile

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ior

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-ous

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-tic

A

adjective

pertaining to

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-esis

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noun

condition

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-ia

A

noun

condition

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-ism

A

noun

condition

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-iatry

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noun

medicine; treatment

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-ician

A

noun

specialist

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-ist

A

noun

specialist

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-y

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noun

condition; process

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-icle

A

diminutive

small, minute

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-ole

A

diminutive

small, minute

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-ule

A

diminutive

small, minute

Medical Terminology (19 decks)

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