Chapter 1-Intro Flashcards
Terms Built from Word Parts
Can be translated literally to find their meaning.
Origin- words parts of Greek and Latin origin put together to for, words that can be translated literally to find their meaning.
Example- Arthr/itis
Learning Methods- Analyzing terms, defining terms, and building terms.
Terms Not Built from Word Parts
Cannot be easily translated literally to find their meaning.
Origin- Eponyms, Acronyms, Modern Language, and Terms of Greek and Latin.
Example- Alzheimer’s disease, MRSA, complete blood count and differential, and orthopedics.
Learning method- memorizing terms
Greek and Latin (Origin)
Terms built from Greek and Latin word parts such as arthritis.
Eponyms-Origin
Terms derived from the name of a person, often a physician or scientist who was the first to identify a technique or condition, such as Alzheimer disease.
Acronyms-Origin
Terms formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase that can be spoken as a whole word and usually contain a vowel, such as MRSA.
Modern language- Origin
Terms derived from the English language such as nuclear medicine scanner.
Word Root
The word part that is the CORE OF THE WORD.
Suffix
A word part attached to the end of the word root to modify its meaning.
Prefix
A word part attached to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning.
Combining Vowel
A word part, usually an o, used to ease pronunciation.
4 Guidelines for Using Combining Vowels
- When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel IS USED if the suffix DOES NOT BEGIN with a vowel.
- When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is USUALLY NOT USED if the suffix BEGINS with a vowel.
- When connecting two word roots, a combining vowel IS USUALLY USED even if the suffix BEGINS with a vowel.
- When connecting a prefix and a word root, a combining vowel is NOT USED.
Combining Form
A word root with the combining vowel attached, separated by a slash.
Arthr (WR)
Joint
Hepat (WR)
Liver
Ven (WR)
Vein
