Break It Down
HEMATOLOGY
HEMAT(blood)O(Combining Vowel)LOGY(study of)
a- , an-
What is no, not, without
Development, Nourishment
What is Troph/o
-Lysis
What is loosening, breakdown, separation and destruction
Gives The Essential meaning of the term
What is Root
Bradycardia
What is Brady(prefix meaning slow)Card(root word meaning heart)ia(suffix meaning condition)
dia-
What is Complete, Through
glyc/o
What is Sugar
Paralysis
What is -Plegia
Is The Word Ending
What Is Prefix
Electrocardiogram
What is Electr(root word meaning electricity)O(combing vowel)Card(root word meaning heart)O(combing vowel)Gram(suffix meaning record)
Hyper-
What is Excessive, Too Much, Above
Later/o
What is Side
-y
Is a Small Part Added To The Beginning Of a Term
What is Prefix
Osteoarthis
What is Osteo(combining forming meaning bone )Arthr(combing form meaning joint)Itis(suffix meaning inflammation)
Inter-
What is Between
Kidney
What is Ren/o
-Gen
What is To Produce
Combining Vowel
What is Connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots
Intravenous
What is Intra(prefix meaning within)Ven(coming form meaning vein)Ous(suffix meaning pertaining to)
Endo-
What is Within, In, Inner
Pertone/o
What is Peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)
-Phasia
What is Speech
Combing Form
What is the Combination of the root and the combining vowel
Hyperglycemia
What is Hyper(prefix meaning excessive)Glymia(suffix meaning blood sugar)Emia(suffix Meaning condition of blood)
Two, Both
What is bi-
Birth
What is Nat/i
Breathing
What is -Pnea
Important Rules to Remember are:
READ the meaning of medical words from suffix to the beginning of the word and then across
DROP the combing vowel before suffix to that's starts with a vowel
KEEP the combing vowel between word roots, even if the second root begins with a vowel