Medical Terminology Basics
These are the four main word parts.
What are the:
1- Word root
2- Prefix
3- Suffix
4- Combining vowel
a-
an-
What is without or away from?
-algia
-dynia
What is pain?
morph/o
What is shape?
myel/o
This is the foundation of the medical term and provides the general meaning; a word may have more than one of these.
What is a word root?
ante-
pre-
What is before?
-ac
-an
-ary
-ical
What is pertaining to?
ot/o?
What is ear?
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What is how many bones there are in the human body?
This makes it possible to pronounce long medical terms and to combine several word parts; most often is the letter "o".
What is a combining vowel?
hypo-
infra-
sub-
What is under or below?
-cele
What is a hernia or protrusion?
path/o?
What is disease?
Protects internal organs, stores and releases fat, produces blood cells, stores and releases minerals, facilitates movement, and supports the body.
What are the functions of the human skeleton?
This is frequently added to the front of a term and gives information about the location of an organ, number of parts, or frequency.
What is a prefix?
super-
supra-
ultra-
hyper-
What is above or over?
-rrhexis
What is a rupture?
enter/o
What are the small intestines?
Make movement possible, hold the body erect, move body fluids, and produce body heat.
What are the functions of the muscle system?
This is attached to the end of a term and adds meaning such as a condition, disease, or procedure; every medical term has one.
What is a suffix?
This prefix means the opposite of tachy-.
What is is brady-?
-trophy
-plasm
-plasia
What are development, growth, formation, or nourishment?
cis/o
What is to cut?
These are the three classes of muscles.
What are cardiac, skeletal, and visceral?