Chapter 1- Medical Terminology, Anatomy, And Physiology Flashcards
Acronym:
An abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word of a phrase and pronounced as a word.
RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
Eponym:
A word that comes from the name of a person, place or thing assigned with the word.
Example: Parkinson disease was named after James Parkinson.
Parkinson disease was named after who?
James Parkinson
Graves’ disease was named after who?
Dr. Robert James Graves
Hashimoto disease was named after:
Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto
Crushing disease was named after:
Dr. Harvey Crushing
The Jackson- Pratt drain, in some surgical procedures was named after:
Dr. Fredrick Jackson, and Dr. Richard Pratt
The snellen eye chart was named after:
Its inventor, Dr. Herman Snellen
CBC:
Complete Blood Count
CC:
Chief complaint
HTN:
Hypertension
Ca:
Cancer
HA:
Headache
PT:
Physical Therapy
ACE: an-jee-ow-ten-sn
Angiotensin- converting- enzyme
AIDS:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ARDS:
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
HIPPA:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
LASER:
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
RICE:
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
SIDS:
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Medical term word parts are either:
Latin or Greek
Prefix:
A word part found at the beginning of the word. Prefixes modify the meaning of the word.
Example: Bi- and Mal-
Suffix: (Suffer)
A word part found at the end of the word.
Example: -is and -tic
Root:
A word part that is the foundation of the term.
Combining vowel:
A vowel that links the root of the suffix or a root to a root. Typically, it’s an “o”.
When a root is added to the combing vowel it’s called:
Combing form
s̅
without
p̄
after
ā
before
Δ
change
