The Syllabus
The Number and Name of this class
What is HS111 Medical Terminology
Dr. Deringer's tenure at Missouri Southern?
What is <1 month?
What is a Suffix?
This is the first step in defining a medical word.
What is define the suffix?
This is Rule 1 in building a medical word.
What is a word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel?
These are thirty points each, due on Saturdays, and available for 3 weeks
What are Chapter Tests?
Dr. Deringer's nickname (keep it clean)
What is Dusty?
This is created when a word root is combined with a vowel.
What is a Combining Form?
The third step in defining a medical word.
What is Define the middle parts of the word?
What is a combining form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a consonant?
These must be silenced during classroom work
What are cell phones?
These are Dr. Deringer's office hours
What is 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
A word element attached to the beginning of a word or word root. Not all medical terms have this.
What is a Prefix?
This is the second step in defining a medical word.
What is define the first part of the word?
The statement, "A combining form links one root to another root to form a compound word," represents this rule in building medical words.
What is Rule 3?
The course textbook for Medical Terminology
What is Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach; 8th Edition?
The best way to contact Dr. Deringer
What is by text or email?
The foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning.
What is a Wood Root?
In the term Gastroenteritis, this is the combining form.
What is gastr/o?
This is the medical word for inflammation of the liver.
What is hepatitis?
The number of modules covered this semester in Medical Terminology
What is 16?
Dr. Deringer's grandson's name
What is Wesley?
Most word roots are derived from these two languages.
In defining the term Gastroenteritis, this is the suffix.
What is -itis?
This is the medical word for enlargement of the stomach.
What is gastromegaly?