Chapter 1: Intro Flashcards

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What are word roots

A

Is the core , or main part , of the medical term : most medical terms have a word root . Basically a word stem without a suffix or prefix

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Cardi means

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Heart

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Cerebr means

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Brain , cerebrum

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Colo, colon means

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Colon ( section of large intestines )

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Crani means

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Cranium , skull

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Dermat means

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Skin

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Gastr means

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Stomach

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Nephr means

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Kidney

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Neuron means

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Nerve

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Ost means

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Bone

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Pulmon means

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Lung

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Ren means

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Kidney

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Vas means

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Vessel

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What is a prefix

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Word part that become before the word root . Many medical terms are built with prefixes.

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A-, an- means

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Without , not

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Dys- means

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Painful , difficult, abnormal

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Inter - means

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Between, among

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Intra- means

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Inside , within

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Peri - means

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Around something

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Poly - means

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Many , much

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Post- means

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After , behind

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Pre- means

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Before

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Sub-, infra- means

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Below , beneath

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Supra-, super- means

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Above

25
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What are Suffixes

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Attached to a word root , but they come after the root . Medical terms are built with suffixes too

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-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous means

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Pertaining to

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-Algia means

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Pain

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-ectomy means

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Excision , surgical removal

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-gram means

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Record , recording

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-ism, -ia means

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Condition of

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-itis means

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Inflammation

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-ium means

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Pertaining to body region , structure

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-logy means

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Study of

34
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-oma means

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Tumor

35
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-tomy means

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Incision

36
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Combining vowels added to roots :

  1. ) cardi/o
  2. ) cerebr/o
  3. ) col/o, colon/o
  4. ) crani/o
  5. ) dermat/o
  6. ) gastr/o
  7. ) nephr/o, ren/o
  8. ) neur/o
  9. )oste/o
  10. ) pulmon/o
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1- heart
2- brain , cerebrum
3- colon
4-cranium , skull
5- skin
6- stomach
7- kidney
8- nerve , nerve tissue 
9-bone 
10-lung
37
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Rules for making plural medical terms :

Singular ending | Rule | Plural end

  1. ) a -ae
  2. ) en - ina
  3. ) ex- ices
  4. ) ion- ia
  5. ) is- es
  6. ) on- a
  7. ) ix- ices
  8. ) ium- ia
  9. ) um- a
  10. ) us- I
  11. ) x-ges
  12. ) y-ies
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Examples :

1-vertebra : vertebrae
2- foramen: foramina
3-pollex: polices
4-ganglion: ganglia
5- testis: testes
6- phenomenon : phenomena
7- appendix: appendices 
8- epithelium: epithelia
9- atrium: atria 
10- nucleus : nuclei
11- phalanx: phalanges 
12- biopsy; biopsies