Terminology Hints
Putting Terminology Together
What is a puzzle?
Group of people who documented many medical advances
Who were the Greeks and Romans?
75% of medical terms come from these languages
What are Greek and Latin
adds information and modifies a root
what is a suffix
In the example Pathology, the "o" represents
What is the combining vowel
The best way to put the puzzle together
What is start from the end
Father of Western Medicine
Hippocrates
The four basic types of word parts
What are, root, combining vowel, suffixes, prefixes
small word before the root, modifies the root
what is a prefix
In the example in Pathology, the word path represents
What is the root
One of the best ways to put the puzzle together
What is relate the medical terms to the structure and function of the human body?
describes anatomical structures
Who were the Latins
What is root
cannot stand alone
what is a root
In the example Pathology, "logy" represents
Best way to memorize the word parts
Describes disease processes or medical procedures affecting these structures
Who were the Greeks?
what two things equals combining form
what is root and combining vowel
placed at the beginning of the word, when necessary
what is a prefix
What is disease
Analyze words by dividing
What are component parts
Extra contributers to the Orgins of Medical Language
used when a suffix begins with a consonant
what is a combining vowel
read from back to front
what is a medical term
-logy
What is the study of