Medical Terminology/Chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards
What are the four elements that a medical word consists of?
word root
combining form
suffix
prefix
the main part or foundation of a word
word root
in medical terms the root usually indicates what
body part
the root word “dent” means
tooth
the root word “pancreat” means
pancreas
the root word “dermat” means
skin
when a root word is combined with a vowel (normally an O)
combining form
has no meaning of its own, but enables two word elements to be linked together
the “O” vowel
the CF in therm/o/meter is
therm/o
to make a word easier to pronounce, attach a combining _______ to the word root.
vowel
a word element located at the end of a word indicating a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech
suffix
what is the suffix in tonsil/itis
itis
the suffix “er” means
one who
the suffix “al” means (dent/al)
pertaining to
the suffix “ist” means (dent/ist)
specialist
What are the 3 important rules of word building?
- a root links a suffix that begins with a vowel
- a combining form (root + o) links a suffix that begins with a consonant
- a combining form (root + o) links a root to another root to form a compound
a word element located at the beginning of the word indicating a number, time, position, or negation.
prefix
the word element “nat” means
birth
the word element “intra” means
in, within
the word element “peri” means
around
In what order do you define a medical word?
- define suffix
- beginning of word
- middle of word
“itis’ means
inflammation
the CF “oste/o” means
bone
“arthr” means
joint
