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1
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Medical Language allows healthcare professionals too….

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Be clear, communicate quickly and provide comfort to patients

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Medical language comes mostly from two ancient languages…

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Greek and Latin

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Eponyms

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Word is based on a name

Example: Lou Gehrig’s disease

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Acronyms

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Abbreviated

Example: MRI

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  1. Ultima
  2. Penult
  3. Antepenult
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  1. the last syllable
  2. the almost-last syllable
  3. the one that is just before the penult
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  • Root
  • Suffix
  • Prefix
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  • Foundation or subject of the term
  • Ending that gives essential meaning to the term
  • Added to the beginning of the term when needed to further modify the root
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Gen/o

JIN-oh

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Creation, cause

Example: Pathogenic

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hydr/o

HAI-droh

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Water

Example: hydrophobia, dehydration

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morph/o

MOR-foh

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Change

Example: morphology

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myc/o

MAI-koh

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Fungus

Example: dermatomycosis

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necr/o

NEK-roh

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death

Example: necrosis

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orth/o

OR-thoh

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straight

Example: orthodontist

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path/o

PAH-thoh

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suffering, disease

Example: pathology

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phag/o

FAY-goh

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eat

example: aphasia

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plas/o

PLAS-oh

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formation

example: hyperplasia

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py/o

PAI-oh

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pus

example: pyorrhea, pyemia

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scler/o

SKLEH-roh

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hard

example: scleroderma

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sten/o

STIH-noh

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narrowing

example: stenosis

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troph/o

TROPH-foh

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nourishment, development

example: tropology, hypertrophy

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xen/o

ZEE-noh

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foreign

example: xenograft

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21
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Adjective
Noun
Diminutive

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often means pertaining to
turn the root into a noun
transform a terms meaning to a smaller version

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22
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Adjective

pertaining to

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  • ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous
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Noun

condition

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  • ia, -ism

example: pneumonia, autism,

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Suffix

-y

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conidtion, procedure

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Diminutive

Suffix meaning small

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-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

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medical science

complex suffixes that are professional terms

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-iatrics, -iatry

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specialist in medicine of

complex suffixes that are professional terms

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-iatrist

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specialist

complex suffixes that are professional terms

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-ist

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specialists in the study of

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-logist

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30
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study of

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-logy

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31
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Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

pain

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-algia, -dynia

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Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesnt belong)

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-cele

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33
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Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

blood condition

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-emia

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34
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Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

presence of

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-iasis

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35
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inflammation

Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

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-itis

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36
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loosen, break down

Suffixes that describe symptoms, diseases, and conditions

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-lysis

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abnormal softening

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-malacia

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38
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enlargement

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-megaly

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39
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resembling

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-oid

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tumor

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-oma

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condition

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-osis

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disease

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-pathy

43
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deficiency

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-penia

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drooping

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-ptosis

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excessive flow

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

46
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flow

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-rrhea

47
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rupture

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-rrhexis

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involuntary contraction

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-spasm

49
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Suffixes that mean tests:

puncture

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-centesis

50
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Suffixes that mean tests:

written record

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-gram

51
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Suffixes that mean tests:

instrument used to prduce a record

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-graph

52
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Suffixes that mean tests:

process of recording

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-graphy

53
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Suffixes that mean tests:

instrument used to m,easure

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-meter

54
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Suffixes that mean tests:

process of measuring

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-metry

55
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Suffixes that mean tests:

instrument used to look

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-scope

56
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Suffixes that mean tests:

process of looking

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-scopy

57
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments:

binding,fixation

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-desis

58
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

removal

A

-ectomy

59
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

surgical fixation

A

-pexy

60
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

reconstruction

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-plasty

61
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

suture

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-rrhaphy

62
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

creation of an opening

A

-stomy

63
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Complex suffixes that mean treatments

incision

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-tomy

64
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singulars

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  • a, -ax, -ex, -ix, -is, -ma

- on, -um, -us, -y

65
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plural

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  • ae, -aces, -ices, -es, -mata

- a, -i, -ies

66
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Negation Prefixes

not

A

a-, an-

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Negation Prefixes

against

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anti-, contra-

68
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Negation Prefixes

down, away from

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de-

69
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Time or speed prefixes

before

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ante-, pre-, pro-

70
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Time or speed prefixes

slow

A

brady-

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Time or speed prefixes

fast

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tachy-

72
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Time or speed prefixes

after

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post-

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Time or speed prefixes

again

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re-

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Direction or position prefixes

away

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ab-

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Direction or position prefixes

towards

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ad-

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Direction or position prefixes:

around

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circum-, peri-

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Direction or position prefixes

through

A

dia-,trans-

78
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Direction or position prefixes:

out

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e-,ec-,ex-

79
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Direction or position prefixes

outside

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ecto-, exo-, extra-

80
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Direction or position prefixes

in, inside

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en-, endo-, intra

81
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Direction or position prefixes

upon

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epi-

82
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Direction or position prefixes

beneath

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sub-

83
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Direction or position prefixes

between

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inter-

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Size or quantity prefixes

two

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bi-

85
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Size or quantity prefixes

half

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hemi-, semi-

86
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Size or quantity prefixes

over

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hyper-

87
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Size or quantity prefixes

under

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hypo-

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Size or quantity prefixes

large

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macro-

89
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Size or quantity prefixes

small

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micro-

90
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Size or quantity prefixes

one

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mono-, uni-

91
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Size or quantity prefixes

few

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oligo-

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Size or quantity prefixes

all

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pan-

93
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Size or quantity prefixes

many

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poly-, multi-

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General prefixes

with, together

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con-, syn-, sym-

95
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General prefixes

bad

A

dys-

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