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HTH 210 - Medical Termnology > Chapter 1 - Introduction to Word Parts and Word Construction > Flashcards

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Word Parts and Word Construction Flashcards

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Can refer to the student website for audio samples of:

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Pronunciations

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Alerts you to terms that might be easily confused

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Words to Watch Out For boxes

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Learning technique that consists of blocks of information, known as frames, which contain one or more blanks for the student to fill in

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Programmed Learning

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By comparing your filled-in answer with the one provided in the far left margin, you will be practicing this:

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Spelling

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As you proceed from frame to frame, you should write the missing word into this

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Blank

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Where the missing word for the blank is provided

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Frame

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Located in the frame

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Number

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The technical, spelled out ‘sound’ of the given word(s) used to help with pronunciation

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Phonetic

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Used to help emphasize the phonetics of a certain word

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Guides

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Has rules of grammar, spelling and pronunciation

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Language

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Two Categories: Constructed and Unconstructed Terms

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Medical Terminology

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Made up of multiple word parts to form a new word

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Constructed Terms

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Terms derived from the names of people, ie Eustachian Tube named after Bartolommeo Eustachio who first discovered the tube located between the throat and middle ear.

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Eponym

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Derived from the first letters of words in a coumpound term and words derived from languages other than greek or latin

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Acronym

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Must be committed to memory

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Nonconstructed Terms

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The universal language of medicine

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Medical Terminology

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Assembled to create a work with new meanings when a construced term is formed

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Word Parts

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Word part that is affixed to the beginning of a word.

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Prefix

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Word part that involves the primary meaning of the term

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Word Root

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Word part that is affixed to the end of a word

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Suffix

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Word Root meaning “stomach”

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Gastr

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Word Root meaning “small intestine”

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Enter

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Suffix meaning “inflammation”

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-itis

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Prefix meaning “below, abnormally low, deficient”

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hypo-

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Word Root meaning “skin”

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derm

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Suffix meaning “pertaining to”

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-ic

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Prefix meaning “without or absence of”

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a-

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Suffix meaning “speaking”

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-phasia

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A fourth word part used when a root requires a connecting vowel in order to add a suffix that begins with a consonant, or to add another word root, when forming a term.

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Combining Vowel

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The Word Root + Combining Vowel form

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Combining Form

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Prefix meaning “with, together, jointly”

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Con-

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Word Root meaning “make, build”

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Struct

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Suffix meaning “process”

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-ion

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Word root meaning “stomach”

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Gastr

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Word root meaning “intestine”

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Enter

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Suffix meaning “inflammation”

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-itis

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Word Root meaning “head”

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Cephal

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Word Root meaning “ear”

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Ot

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Word Root meaning “vessel”

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Angi

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Word Root meaning “airway”

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Bronch

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Word Root meaning “muscle”

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Muscl

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Word Root meaning “bone”

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Oste

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Word Root meaning “foot”

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Pod

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Word Root meaning “trachea”

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Trache

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Word Root meaning “eye”

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Ocul

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Word Root meaning “brain”

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Encephal

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Word Root meaning “heart”

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Cardi

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Suffix meaning “the study or science of”

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-logy

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Word Root meaning “almond or tonsil”

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Tonsill

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Suffix meaning “surgical excision, removal”

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-ectomy

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Prefix meaning “small”

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Micro-

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Word Root meaning “viewing instrument”

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scop

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Word Root meaning “lung”

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pulmon

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Prefix meaning “upon, over, above, on top”

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epi-

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If the term ends in an “a”, the plural is usually formed by adding an:

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e

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If the term ends in “-is”, the plural form is formed by changing it to:

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-es

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If the term ends in “-itis”, the plural form is:

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-itides

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If the term ends in “on” or “um”, the plural form:

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drops the “on” or “um” and adds an “a”

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If the term ends in “ma”, the plural form is changed to:

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-mata

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If the term ends in “y”, the plural form:

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drops the “y” and adds “-ies”

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If the term ends in “us”, the plural form:

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drops “us” and adds the ending “-i”

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Anti-

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against, opposite of

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Brady-

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slow

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Endo-

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within

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Neo-

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new

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Pre-

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to come before

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Append/o, Appendici/o

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Appendix

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Bi/o

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life

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Cerebr/o

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Brain, cerebrum

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Electr/o

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electricity

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Hem/o

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blood

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Hepat/o

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liver

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Laryng/o

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Voice box, larynx

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Leuk/o

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White

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Mamm/o

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breast

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Mast/o

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breast

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Ment/o

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mind

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Nat/o

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birth

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Path/o

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disease

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Proct/o

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rectum or anus

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Psych/o

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mind

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Rhin/o

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nose

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vas/o

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vessel

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-emia

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condition of blood

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-gram

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a record or an image

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-iatry

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treatment, specialty

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-philia

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loving, affinity for

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-plasty

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surgical repair

HTH 210 - Medical Termnology (11 decks)

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