Root words
Abdomen
What is Abdomin/o?
One
What is mono-?
Cell
What is -cyte?
Colostomy
What is Col / ostomy?
Latin
What is the origins for medical terms describing anatomy?
Blood
What is Hem/o?
Two
What is bi-?
Blood
What is -emia?
Angiogram
What is angi / o / gram?
Easiest way to learn medical terminology.
Lung
What is pneum/o?
Three
What is tri-?
Disease
What is -pathy?
Endocrine
What is endo / crine?
Greek
What is the origins for medical terms describing disease?
Head
What is cephal/o?
Over or More than usual
What is hyper-?
Skin
What is -derma?
Appendicitis
What is appendic / itis?
Spelling and pronunciation.
What is beware of spelling and pronunciation?
Trachea
What is trache/o?
Without
What is A-, An-?
What is -ism?
What is hypo / gastr / ic?
Changes the meaning.
What is changing one or two letters?
Spleen
What is splen/o?
Many
What is poly- or multi-?
Opening
What is -ostomy?
Periorbital
What is peri / orbit / al?
Drop the "o".
What is if the suffix begins with a vowel?
Bone
Small
What is micro-?
Paralysis
What is -plegia?
Tachypnea
What is tachy / pnea?
Helps with the memorization and understanding.
What is refer to body system?
Nose
What is rhin/o?
Large
What is macro-?
Narrowing
What is -stenosis?
Autoimmune
What is auto / immune?
Anatomical position determines.
What is which of two root words go first?
Stomach
What is gastr/o?
Around
What is peri-?
Fear
What is -phobia?
Suprapubic
What is supra / pubic?
Don't cram before a test.
What is review regularly?
Cartilage
What is chondr/o?
Across
What is trans-?
Vomiting
What is -emesis?
Hydrophobic
What is hydro / phob / ic?
Train your eyes.
What is use slashes to divide terms into component parts.