MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY UNIT 01

Question 1

WHAT IS MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY

Answer 1

IT IS THE STUDY OF FORMATION AND MEANING OF WORDS

Question 2

WHY DO WE STUDY MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY?

Answer 2

MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY IS STUDIED BECAUSE IT IS AN ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE FOR MEDICAL/HEALTH STAFF TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND TO MAKE DOCUMENTATION EASY

Question 3

LIST ALL CATEGORIES IN MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY

Answer 3

1. SUFFIXES
2. PREFIXES
3. ABBREVIATIONS
4. SPECIALISTS/MEDICAL DOCTORS
5. ANATOMICAL POSITIONS

Question 4

SUFFIXES

-ALGIA

Answer 4

PAIN=NEURALGIA

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-CENTISIS

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PUNCTURE=AMINIOCENTISIS

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-ECTASIS

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EXPANSION=BRONCHIECTASIS

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-ECTOMY

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EXCISION=TONSILLECTOMY

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-EMIA

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BLOOD=LUEKEMIA

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-GENIC

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ORIGIN=OSTEOGENIC

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-IASIS//IOSIS

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CONDITION=MEOSIS

=AMOEBAIASIS

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-ITIS

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INFLAMMATION=SINUITIS

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-MEGALY

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ENLARGEMENT=ACROMEGALY

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-OID

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SPHERICAL LIKE=SPHENOID

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-OMA

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TUMOUR=LIPOMA

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-PATHY

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DISEASE=NEUROPATHY

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-PLASTY

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SURGICAL=ANGIOPLASTY

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-TOMY

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INCSISION=LOBOTOMY

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-TRIPSIS

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SURGICAL CRUSHING=LITHOTRIPSIS

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URIA

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URINE=ALBUMINURIA

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PREFIXES

A

Answer 20

WITHOUT=ASEXUAL

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AB-

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AWAY FROM=ABDUCTION

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ANTE-

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FRONT=ANTERIOR

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CO-

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TOGETHER=CO-OPERATIVE

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CONTRA-

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AGAINST=CONTRADICTION

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DECUB-

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LIE DOWN=DECUBITUS

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DORS-

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BACK=DORSAL

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DYS-

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DIFFICULT=DYS-FUNCTIONAL

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ECT-

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OUTSIDE=ECTOPIC

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EN-

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IN=ENCYST/ENCASE

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ENDO-

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WITHIN=ENDOMETRIUM

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EPI-

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UPON=EPIDIDYMIS

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EX-

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OUT=EXTERIOR/EXIT/EXTENSIVE

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HEMI-

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HALF=HEMISPHERE

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HYPER-

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ABOVE=HYPERTENSION

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HYPO-

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BELOW=HYPOTENSION

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INFERO

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BELOW=INFERIOR

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PAN

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ALL=PANATHRITIS

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PERI

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AROUND=PERICARDIUM

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POLY

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MANY=POLYCYST

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POST

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AFTER/BACK=POSTERIOR

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PRE

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BEFORE=PREOP

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PSEUDO

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FALSE=PSEUDOCOLEOMATE

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RETRO

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BACKWARDS=RETROSPECTIVE

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SCLERA

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HARD=SCLEROSIS

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SUPER

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ABOVE=SUPRA-CONDYLA

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VENT

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FRONTAL=VENTRAL FIN

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EOSIN=

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RED=ESOSINOPHILIS

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TRANS

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ACROSS=TRANSGENDER/TRANSORBITAL

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HUMAN BODY

ANGIO

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VESSEL

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ARTH

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JOINT=ATHRITIS

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CARDI

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HEART=CARDIAC ARREST

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CEPHAL

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HEAD=CEPHALOMETRY

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CEREBRO

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BRAIN=CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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CERV

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NECK=CERVICAL SPINE

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CHIRO

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HAND=CHIROSPASM

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CHOLE

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BILE CYSTITIS

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CHONDIO

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CARTILAGE