Medical Terminology Flashcards
How many origins of medical terms are there?
Three.
What are the 3 origins of medical terms?
Word parts; eponyms; modern terms and acronyms
What 2 languages are today’s medical terms derived from?
Green and Latin
Name 2 historical figures that formed the basis of modern medical terminology.
Aristotle and Hippocrates
What is an Eponym?
A term named after the person who invented the technique or disease.
Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are examples of what?
Eponyms.
What is an Acronym?
A new word formed by the first letter or first few letters of multiple words.
Give an example of an acronym.
LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
T/F: Medical terminology is mainly about memorizing long and difficult medical terms.
False. The main portion of medical terminology is learning small word
parts and their definitions to put them together to form larger words.
T/F: Once you know medical word parts, you can often figure out the meaning of the word even if you’ve never heard of it before.
True
How many parts of medical terms?
4
Name the 4 parts of medical terms.
- Word Roots
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Combining Vowels
What are word roots?
The main part of medical terms.
What comes at the beginning of a word and can modify the meaning?
Prefix
What are suffixes?
They come at the end of a word and can modify the meaning.
What is a combining vowel?
A, E, I, O, U
They are placed between two word roots OR a word root and a suffix to are the word easier to pronounce.
What is a combining form?
When you have a word root with a combining vowel attached.
T/F: Most medical terms have a suffix.
True.
T/F: The parts “o/meter” represent a combining form.
False. Combining forms have the vowel second, not first.
T/F: the main part of the medical term is the word rood.
True.
Each medical term contains _____ word root(s).
One or more
Many medical terms Do/Don’t have a prefix.
DON’T
Most medical terms have a ____.
Suffix
The _______ _______ is usually ____, and not all medical terms have one.
combining vowel; ‘o’
Combining vowels are never used between _____ and ______.
Prefix and a word root.
