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Med Term Ch 1 - Intro Flashcards

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1
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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: a

Singular Example: vertibra

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Word ending: ae

Plural Example: vertibrae

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: en

Singular Example: Lumen

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Word ending: ina

Plural Example: Lumina

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: ex, ix, yx

Singular Example: Matrix

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Word ending: ices

Plural Example: Matrices

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: is

Singular Example: Diagnosis

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Word ending: es

Plural Example: Diagnoses

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: ma

Singular Example: Stigma

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Word ending: mata

Plural Example: Stigmata

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: nx (anx, inx, ynx)

Singular Example: Phalanx

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Word ending: nges

Plural Example: Phalanges

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: on

Singular Example: Ganglion

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Word ending: a

Plural Example: Ganglia

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: um

Singular Example: Serum

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Word ending: a

Plural Example: Sera

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What is the plural ending for…

Word ending: us

Singular Example: Thrombus

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Word ending: i

Singular Example: Thrombi

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Most medical terms can be broken into three components. What are they?

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Prefix, Root, & Suffix

(Not all roots are complete words and some words have more than one root. In fact, most medical roots are derived from other languages and are meant to be used in combinations.)

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What do you call a word that has more than one root?

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A compound word (KOM-pownd)

Some examples of compound medical words are cardiovascular (pertaining to the heart and blood vessels), urogenital (pertaining to the urinary and reproductive systems), and lymphocyte (a white blood cell found in the lymphatic system).

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What is a combining form? (kom-BI-ning)

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A word root combined with a vowel that links the root with another word part, such as a suffix or another root; combining forms are shown with a slash between the root and the vowel, as in neur/o

Example: neur + o + logy = neurology

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What do you do when you add a suffix to a word ending in x?

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The x is changed to a g or a c.

For example, pharynx (throat) becomes pharyngeal; coccyx becomes coccygeal.
If a vowel comes before the x, such as ax or ix, you change the x to a c. Thorax becomes thoracic and cervix becomes cervical

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What happens when you add a suffix beginning with rh to a root?

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The r is doubled.

For example: hem/o (blood) + rhage (bursting forth) = hemorrhage (a bursting forth of blood)

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How do you pronounce vowels that appears alone or at the end of a syllable?

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They get a long pronunciation (they says their name) and are called long vowels.

Examples: A in tape, E in tea, I in lie, O in most, U in mute.

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When do vowels get a short pronunciation?

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Any vowel that appears within a syllable gets a short pronunciation

Examples: A in hat, E in bed, I in bin, O in not, U in run

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How to write SOFT AND HARD c AND g

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A soft c, as in racer, will be written in pronunciations as s (RA-ser).
A hard c, as in candy, will be written as k (KAN-de).
A soft g, as in page, will be written as j (paje).
A hard g, as in grow, will be written as g (gro).

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Define acronym (AK-ro-nim)

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An abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase.

Example: ASAP

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What is a noun suffix?

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A suffix that convert roots into nouns.

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Examples of Suffixes That Mean “Condition of”

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  • ia - dementia / de-MEN-she-ah (loss of (de-) intellectual function (from L. mentis: mind))
  • ism - racism / RA-sizm (discrimination based on race)
  • sis - thrombosis / throm-BO-sis (having a blood clot (thrombus) in a vessel)
  • y - atony / AT-o-ne (lack (a-) of muscle tone)
21
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Suffixes for a Medical Specialty:

Define -ian

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Specialist in a field of study

Physician - Practitioner of medicine

22
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Suffixes for a Medical Specialty:

Define -iatrics

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Medical Specialty

Pediatrics - Care and treatment of children

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Suffixes for a Medical Specialty:

Define -iatry

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Medical Specialty

Psychiatry - Study and treatment of mental disorders

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Suffixes for a Medical Specialty:

Define -ics

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Medical Specialty

Orthopedics - Study and treatment of the skeleton and joints

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Suffixes for a Medical Specialty:

Define -ist

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Specialist in a field of study

Podiatrist - One who studies and treats the foot

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Suffix for a Medical Specialty:

Define -logy

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Study of

Physiology - Study of function in a living organism

AAPC Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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