Origin
Medical language is primarily of words taken from ancient languages
What is Greek and Latin
the emphasis placed on the word cardiac
What is the first syllable KAR-dee-ak
Foundation or subject of the term
What is root
Root gastr/o meaning
What is stomach
Root for creation, cause
What is gen/o
A word formed by including the name of the person who discovered it
What is an eponym
The emphasis in the word chiropractor
What is the 1st, 3rd syllable KAI-roh-PRAK-tor
Ending that gives essential meaning to the term
What is suffix
Root hepat/o meaning
What is liver
The root for water
What is hydr/o
MRI is an example of an
What is an acronym?
The emphasis in the word genetic
What is the second syllable jeh-NEH-tik
Added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root
What is prefix
Root word neur/o meaning
What is nerve
The root for change
What is morph/o
Two dead languages used for medical terms
What are Greek and Latin
The emphasis in the word pneumonia
What is the second syllable (noo-MOHN-yah)
The root arthr/o
What is joint
Roots hem/o and hemat/o meaning
What is blood
The root for death
What is necr/o
Greek words epi- and +onyma meaning
What is upon (epi) and name (onyma)
The emphasis in most medical terms falls
What is the third-to-last syllable
example CAR-di-ac
kar/dee/AW/loh/jee
koh/lon/AW/skoh/pee
The root enter/o
What is small intestine
The two roots that mean muscle
What is my/o and muscul/o
The root for hard
What is scler/o