Purpose
We use this type of language instead of plain English in healthcare.
What is medical language?
This part gives the core meaning of a medical word.
What is the root?
The study of the heart
What is cardiology?
This part of SOAP is what the patient says.
What is Subjective?
Pronounce: cardiology
kar · dee · ah · luh · jee
Medical language helps healthcare workers be this.
What is clear?
This part goes at the end and changes the meaning of the word.
What is the suffix?
Inflammation of the stomach
What is gastritis?
This part of SOAP includes vital signs and lab results.
What is Objective?
Pronounce: gastritis
gas · try · tis
Medical terms are like these public signs—everyone knows what they mean.
What are traffic lights?
This part goes at the beginning to modify the word.
What is the prefix?
Surgical removal of the stomach
What is gastrectomy?
This part of SOAP gives the provider’s opinion about the problem.
What is Assessment?
Pronounce: myocarditis
my · oh · kar · dye · tis
These two languages are where most medical terms come from.
What are Greek and Latin?
This letter is often used to connect word parts.
What is the letter “o”?
Inflammation around the nail
What is paronychia?
This part of SOAP includes what will be done for the patient.
What is Plan?
Pronounce: gastrectomy
gas · trek · tuh · mee
This dangerous mix-up almost happened between MS and MgS.
What is a medication error?
In most medical words, this syllable is usually emphasized.
What is the third-to-last syllable?
This suffix means inflammation
What is –itis?
“I feel dizzy and tired” belongs in this SOAP section.
What is Subjective?
Pronounce: paronychia
peh · ruh · ni · kee · uh
This is a more exact way to say “heart problem, heart pain, attack.”
What is myocardial infarction?
These 3 parts are the “LEGO bricks” of medical words.
What are prefix, root, and suffix?
This suffix means surgical removal
What is –ectomy?
“BP 140/90, T 100.8°F” belongs in this SOAP section.
What is Objective?
Pronounce: pericarditis
peh · ree · kar · dye · tis
These professionals all need to understand medical terms the same way to keep patients safe.
What are healthcare workers?
This section of a medical word usually tells the body part involved.
What is the root?
This suffix means “reconstruction”
What is –plasty?
These four words make up the SOAP acronym.
What are Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan?
Pronounce: osteopathy
ah · stee · op · uh · thee