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COMPOUND WORD
IS A TERM MADE UP OF MORE THAN ONE WORD PART
WORD ROOT
CONTAINS THE BASIC MEANING OF THE TERM. IN MEDICIAL TERMINOLOGY THIS WORD PART USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS INDICATES THE INVOLVED BODY PART. FOR EXAMPLE WORD ROOT MEANING STOMACH IS GASTR
COMBINING FORM
IS A WORD ROOT WITH A COMBINING VOWEL ADDED AT THE END. USED WHEN TWO WORD ROOTS ARE COMBINED OR WHEN SUFFIX BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT IS ADDED. COMBINING FORM APPEARS ALONE, IT IS SHOWN WITH A BACK SLASH (/) BETWEEN THE WORD ROOT AND THE COMBINING VOWEL. FOR EXAMLE THE COMBING FORM OF THE WORD ROOT GAST IS GASTR/O NOTE “ A,E,I,O,U AND SOMETIMES Y ARE VOWELS
SUFFIX
USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS INDICATES THE PROCEDURE CONDITION DISORDER OR DISEASE
A SUFFIX ALWAYAS COMES AT THE END OF THE WORD
YOURLL KNOW A WORD PART IS A SUFFIX WHEN IT IS SHOWN WITH A HYPHEN (-) IN FRONT OF IT.
EXAMPLE: THE SUFFIX -ITIS MEANS INFLAMMATION
PREFIX
ALWAYS COMES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD
WHEN IT IS SHOWN WITH A HYPHEN (-) AFTER IT.
EXAMPLE: HYPER- MEANS EXCESSIVE OR INCRASED
WORD PART GUIDELINE
A WORD ROOT CANNOT STAND ALONE.
A SUFFIX MUST ALAWAYS BE ADDED AT THE END OF THE WORD TO COMPLETE THE TERM
THE RULESFOR CREATING A COMBINING FORM BY ADDING A VOWEL APPLY WHEN A SUFFIX BEGINNNG WIT A CONSONANT IS ADDED TO A WORD ROOT\
IF A PREFIX IS ADDED IT IS ALWAYS PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD
WORD ROOTS
ACT AS THE FOUNDATION FOR MOST MEDICIAL TERMS
THEY USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS DESCIBE THE PART OF THE BODY THAT IS INVOLVED
SPINAL CORD
MYEL/O
MUSCLE
MY/O
BONE
OSTE/O
NERVE
NEUR/O
JOINT
ARTHR/O
CRYAN/O
MEANS BLUE
CYANOSIS
IS A BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSE BY LACK OF ADEQUATE OXGYEN IN THE BLOOD
(CYAN MEANS BLUE, AND -OSIS MEANDS ABNORMAL CONDITION
ETHYR/O
RED
EYTHOCYTE
IS A MATURE RED BLOOD CELL (ERTHY/O) MEANS RED AND CYTE MEANS CELL
LEUK/O
WHITE
LEUKOCYE
IS WHITE BLOOD CE;; (LEUK/O MEANS WHTE AND CYTE MEAN CELL
MELAN/O
BLACK
MELANOMA
IS A TYPE OF SKIN CANCER ( MELAN MEANS BLACK AND OMA MEANS A TUMOR
POLI/O
GRAY
POLIOMYELITIS
IS A VIRAL INFECION OF THE GRAY NEVE TISSURE OF THE SPINAL CORD (POLI/O MEANS GRAY, MYEL MEANS SPINAL CORD
COMBINING FORMS/ VOWLES RULES
COMBINGING FORM INCLUDES A VOWLE USUALLY THE LETTER O, ADDED TO THE END OF A WORD ROOT.
USUALLY ADDED TO MAKE TEH RESULTING MEDICIAL TERM EASUER TO PRINOUNCE.
RULES
2 WORD ROOTS ARE JOINED, A COMBINING VOWEL IS ALWAYS ADDED TO TTHE 1ST WORD ROOT.
COMBINING VOWEL IS USED AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORD ROOT ONLY IF THE SUFFIX BEGIN WITH A CONSANANT