MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE MEDICAL
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![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø σύνθεσις (Gr) a complex whole formed by combining. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø σύνθεσις (Gr) a complex whole formed by combining.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-3.jpg)
![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø coagulum (L) a substance that produces or aids MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø coagulum (L) a substance that produces or aids](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-4.jpg)
![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Greek/Latin English Portuguese Norwegian Afrikaans German ηπατίτις hepatitis hepatite MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Greek/Latin English Portuguese Norwegian Afrikaans German ηπατίτις hepatitis hepatite](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-5.jpg)
![NEW MEDICAL LANGUAGE • Medical scientists develop new concepts that need to be named NEW MEDICAL LANGUAGE • Medical scientists develop new concepts that need to be named](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-6.jpg)
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Ø New medical terms are mostly coined from Greek: cloning COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Ø New medical terms are mostly coined from Greek: cloning](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-7.jpg)
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS In the recent field of genetics terms like • mutagen-1946 COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS In the recent field of genetics terms like • mutagen-1946](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-8.jpg)
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Often an acronym is used to describe a new discovery. COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Often an acronym is used to describe a new discovery.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-9.jpg)
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Another way used to describe something new is by using COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Another way used to describe something new is by using](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-10.jpg)
![WORD PARTS Most medical words are made up of multiple parts. They might make WORD PARTS Most medical words are made up of multiple parts. They might make](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-11.jpg)
![IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO LEARN MEDICAL WORDS? Yes! Break it up! IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO LEARN MEDICAL WORDS? Yes! Break it up!](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-12.jpg)
![Breaking up isn’t hard to do Long medical words can have a: �Beginning (prefix) Breaking up isn’t hard to do Long medical words can have a: �Beginning (prefix)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-13.jpg)
![COMMON PREFIXES – size macro- large megalo- large/enlarge macromolecule micro- small microscope COMMON PREFIXES – size macro- large megalo- large/enlarge macromolecule micro- small microscope](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-14.jpg)
![COMMON PREFIXES - rates hyper- high/elevated/above tachy- fast/rapid hypo- low/reduced/below brady- slow/reduced COMMON PREFIXES - rates hyper- high/elevated/above tachy- fast/rapid hypo- low/reduced/below brady- slow/reduced](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-15.jpg)
![COMMON PREFIXES - directions ab- away from interbetween ad- towards transthrough COMMON PREFIXES - directions ab- away from interbetween ad- towards transthrough](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-16.jpg)
![COMMON PREFIXES -colour xanth-, jaun- yellow leuk erythro-, white rub- red cyano melano polio- COMMON PREFIXES -colour xanth-, jaun- yellow leuk erythro-, white rub- red cyano melano polio-](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-17.jpg)
![COMMON ROOTS Ø Often there are more than one root for the same body COMMON ROOTS Ø Often there are more than one root for the same body](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-18.jpg)
![COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -cardi- -coron- καρδια coronarius heart -pneumon- -pulmon- lung πνεύμων pulmonarius COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -cardi- -coron- καρδια coronarius heart -pneumon- -pulmon- lung πνεύμων pulmonarius](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-19.jpg)
![COMMON ROOTS Greek -gastr- stomach γαστήρ -col- colon, large intestine κόλον -oesophagοισοφάγος oesophagus COMMON ROOTS Greek -gastr- stomach γαστήρ -col- colon, large intestine κόλον -oesophagοισοφάγος oesophagus](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-20.jpg)
![COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -oste- -osse- bone -derm- -cutane- skin COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -oste- -osse- bone -derm- -cutane- skin](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-21.jpg)
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![COMMON SUFFIXES Specialists and specialties -ologist, -iatrist a person who studies or has knowledge COMMON SUFFIXES Specialists and specialties -ologist, -iatrist a person who studies or has knowledge](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-23.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES Tests… -gram picture/image cardiogram -graph(y) process of making an image electroencephalography (EEG) COMMON SUFFIXES Tests… -gram picture/image cardiogram -graph(y) process of making an image electroencephalography (EEG)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-24.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES …and procedures -ectomy removal of hysterectomy -tomy making a cut in gastrotomy COMMON SUFFIXES …and procedures -ectomy removal of hysterectomy -tomy making a cut in gastrotomy](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-25.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES Medical Conditions -algia pain myalgia -penia abnormal reduction leukopenia -rrhea discharge rhinorrhea COMMON SUFFIXES Medical Conditions -algia pain myalgia -penia abnormal reduction leukopenia -rrhea discharge rhinorrhea](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-26.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES oma tumor carcinoma -osis diseased condition sclerosis -pathy disease osteopathy COMMON SUFFIXES oma tumor carcinoma -osis diseased condition sclerosis -pathy disease osteopathy](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-27.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES Suffixes which create nouns -ism (structure) organism (Greek) -ium (tissue) epicardium (chemical COMMON SUFFIXES Suffixes which create nouns -ism (structure) organism (Greek) -ium (tissue) epicardium (chemical](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-28.jpg)
![COMMON SUFFIXES Creation of adjectives (pertaining to) -ic gastric ulcer -ac iliac vessels -al COMMON SUFFIXES Creation of adjectives (pertaining to) -ic gastric ulcer -ac iliac vessels -al](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-29.jpg)
![DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS THREE BASIC STEPS 1. Define the suffix 2. Define the prefix DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS THREE BASIC STEPS 1. Define the suffix 2. Define the prefix](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-30.jpg)
![DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS Hyperglycemia hyper/ glyc / emia blood (with) excessive sugar Spleenomegaly spleeno/ DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS Hyperglycemia hyper/ glyc / emia blood (with) excessive sugar Spleenomegaly spleeno/](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-31.jpg)
![BREAKING UP LONG WORDS Transesophageal has a: �Prefix �Root = trans = oesophag �Suffix BREAKING UP LONG WORDS Transesophageal has a: �Prefix �Root = trans = oesophag �Suffix](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-32.jpg)
![BUILDING VOCABULARY Cardio + itis = carditis = inflammation of the heart Cardio + BUILDING VOCABULARY Cardio + itis = carditis = inflammation of the heart Cardio +](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-33.jpg)
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø σύνθεσις Gr a complex whole formed by combining MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø σύνθεσις (Gr) a complex whole formed by combining.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-3.jpg)
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø σύνθεσις (Gr) a complex whole formed by combining. synthesis (English) Syntézu (Slovakian) sintesi (Italian) sintēze (Latvian) synthese (German) synthese (Dutch) synteza (Polish) sinteză (Romanian) síntesis (Spanish) sinteza (Serbian) synthèse (French) syntéza (Slovak) sentez (Turkish) syntes (Swedish)
![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø coagulum L a substance that produces or aids MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø coagulum (L) a substance that produces or aids](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-4.jpg)
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Ø coagulum (L) a substance that produces or aids to change from a fluid into a thickened mass coagulant (English) coagulante (Italian) coagulant (French) koagulant (Swedish) Koagulum (Slovakian) coagulante (Spanish) coagulant (Romanian) koagulant (Serbian)
![MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE GreekLatin English Portuguese Norwegian Afrikaans German ηπατίτις hepatitis hepatite MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Greek/Latin English Portuguese Norwegian Afrikaans German ηπατίτις hepatitis hepatite](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-5.jpg)
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Greek/Latin English Portuguese Norwegian Afrikaans German ηπατίτις hepatitis hepatite hepatitt hepatitis Hepatitis βραχίων brachium Brachium pulsus pulse pulso puls pols Pulse εγκεφαλοπάθεια encephalo-pathy encefalo-patia encefalopati enkefalo-patie Enzephalopathie fetus feto foster fetus Fötus ασφυξία asphixia asfixia asphixia Asphixie
![NEW MEDICAL LANGUAGE Medical scientists develop new concepts that need to be named NEW MEDICAL LANGUAGE • Medical scientists develop new concepts that need to be named](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-6.jpg)
NEW MEDICAL LANGUAGE • Medical scientists develop new concepts that need to be named every day What should I name my new discovery?
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Ø New medical terms are mostly coined from Greek cloning COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Ø New medical terms are mostly coined from Greek: cloning](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-7.jpg)
COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Ø New medical terms are mostly coined from Greek: cloning (κλωνοποίηση) 1970 genome (γονιδίωμα) 1920 erythrocyte (ερυθροκύτταρο) 1890 -1895 nephrectomy (νεφρεκτομή) 1875 -1880 ophthalmoscopy (οφθαλμοσκόπηση) 1720 -1730
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS In the recent field of genetics terms like mutagen1946 COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS In the recent field of genetics terms like • mutagen-1946](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-8.jpg)
COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS In the recent field of genetics terms like • mutagen-1946 • codon-1962 • recombinant DNA-1970 -1975 have been coined.
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Often an acronym is used to describe a new discovery COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Often an acronym is used to describe a new discovery.](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-9.jpg)
COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Often an acronym is used to describe a new discovery. Ø SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2003 Ø AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 1982 Ø MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1969
![COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Another way used to describe something new is by using COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Another way used to describe something new is by using](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-10.jpg)
COINING NEW MEDICAL TERMS Another way used to describe something new is by using an eponym Ø Mantoux test 1930 -35 Ø Alzheimer’s disease 1907
![WORD PARTS Most medical words are made up of multiple parts They might make WORD PARTS Most medical words are made up of multiple parts. They might make](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-11.jpg)
WORD PARTS Most medical words are made up of multiple parts. They might make more sense if you break the word into different parts
![IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO LEARN MEDICAL WORDS Yes Break it up IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO LEARN MEDICAL WORDS? Yes! Break it up!](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-12.jpg)
IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO LEARN MEDICAL WORDS? Yes! Break it up!
![Breaking up isnt hard to do Long medical words can have a Beginning prefix Breaking up isn’t hard to do Long medical words can have a: �Beginning (prefix)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-13.jpg)
Breaking up isn’t hard to do Long medical words can have a: �Beginning (prefix) If there’s a prefix it can be about size, shape, color, direction, amount… �Middle (root) The middle is often part of the body �Ending (suffix) Suffixes can be about a test, describe a problem or procedure…
![COMMON PREFIXES size macro large megalo largeenlarge macromolecule micro small microscope COMMON PREFIXES – size macro- large megalo- large/enlarge macromolecule micro- small microscope](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-14.jpg)
COMMON PREFIXES – size macro- large megalo- large/enlarge macromolecule micro- small microscope
![COMMON PREFIXES rates hyper highelevatedabove tachy fastrapid hypo lowreducedbelow brady slowreduced COMMON PREFIXES - rates hyper- high/elevated/above tachy- fast/rapid hypo- low/reduced/below brady- slow/reduced](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-15.jpg)
COMMON PREFIXES - rates hyper- high/elevated/above tachy- fast/rapid hypo- low/reduced/below brady- slow/reduced
![COMMON PREFIXES directions ab away from interbetween ad towards transthrough COMMON PREFIXES - directions ab- away from interbetween ad- towards transthrough](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-16.jpg)
COMMON PREFIXES - directions ab- away from interbetween ad- towards transthrough
![COMMON PREFIXES colour xanth jaun yellow leuk erythro white rub red cyano melano polio COMMON PREFIXES -colour xanth-, jaun- yellow leuk erythro-, white rub- red cyano melano polio-](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-17.jpg)
COMMON PREFIXES -colour xanth-, jaun- yellow leuk erythro-, white rub- red cyano melano polio- blue black grey
![COMMON ROOTS Ø Often there are more than one root for the same body COMMON ROOTS Ø Often there are more than one root for the same body](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-18.jpg)
COMMON ROOTS Ø Often there are more than one root for the same body part Greek -hyster- hysterectomy Latin -uter- uterine/uterus -nephr- nephrotomy -ren- renal kidney
![COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin cardi coron καρδια coronarius heart pneumon pulmon lung πνεύμων pulmonarius COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -cardi- -coron- καρδια coronarius heart -pneumon- -pulmon- lung πνεύμων pulmonarius](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-19.jpg)
COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -cardi- -coron- καρδια coronarius heart -pneumon- -pulmon- lung πνεύμων pulmonarius -myo-, -sarco- -muscul- muscle μυς musculus
![COMMON ROOTS Greek gastr stomach γαστήρ col colon large intestine κόλον oesophagοισοφάγος oesophagus COMMON ROOTS Greek -gastr- stomach γαστήρ -col- colon, large intestine κόλον -oesophagοισοφάγος oesophagus](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-20.jpg)
COMMON ROOTS Greek -gastr- stomach γαστήρ -col- colon, large intestine κόλον -oesophagοισοφάγος oesophagus
![COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin oste osse bone derm cutane skin COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -oste- -osse- bone -derm- -cutane- skin](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-21.jpg)
COMMON ROOTS Greek Latin -oste- -osse- bone -derm- -cutane- skin
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![COMMON SUFFIXES Specialists and specialties ologist iatrist a person who studies or has knowledge COMMON SUFFIXES Specialists and specialties -ologist, -iatrist a person who studies or has knowledge](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-23.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES Specialists and specialties -ologist, -iatrist a person who studies or has knowledge of a particular kind of science cardiologist psychiatrist -ology, -iatry cardiology the study of a particular science psychiatry
![COMMON SUFFIXES Tests gram pictureimage cardiogram graphy process of making an image electroencephalography EEG COMMON SUFFIXES Tests… -gram picture/image cardiogram -graph(y) process of making an image electroencephalography (EEG)](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-24.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES Tests… -gram picture/image cardiogram -graph(y) process of making an image electroencephalography (EEG) -scop(y) using an instrument for viewing endoscopy
![COMMON SUFFIXES and procedures ectomy removal of hysterectomy tomy making a cut in gastrotomy COMMON SUFFIXES …and procedures -ectomy removal of hysterectomy -tomy making a cut in gastrotomy](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-25.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES …and procedures -ectomy removal of hysterectomy -tomy making a cut in gastrotomy -stomy create an opening colostomy -plasty surgical repair rhinoplasty
![COMMON SUFFIXES Medical Conditions algia pain myalgia penia abnormal reduction leukopenia rrhea discharge rhinorrhea COMMON SUFFIXES Medical Conditions -algia pain myalgia -penia abnormal reduction leukopenia -rrhea discharge rhinorrhea](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-26.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES Medical Conditions -algia pain myalgia -penia abnormal reduction leukopenia -rrhea discharge rhinorrhea -itis inflammation of appendicitis
![COMMON SUFFIXES oma tumor carcinoma osis diseased condition sclerosis pathy disease osteopathy COMMON SUFFIXES oma tumor carcinoma -osis diseased condition sclerosis -pathy disease osteopathy](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-27.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES oma tumor carcinoma -osis diseased condition sclerosis -pathy disease osteopathy
![COMMON SUFFIXES Suffixes which create nouns ism structure organism Greek ium tissue epicardium chemical COMMON SUFFIXES Suffixes which create nouns -ism (structure) organism (Greek) -ium (tissue) epicardium (chemical](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-28.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES Suffixes which create nouns -ism (structure) organism (Greek) -ium (tissue) epicardium (chemical suffix) radium (Latin) -ia (condition of) pneumonia (Greek
![COMMON SUFFIXES Creation of adjectives pertaining to ic gastric ulcer ac iliac vessels al COMMON SUFFIXES Creation of adjectives (pertaining to) -ic gastric ulcer -ac iliac vessels -al](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-29.jpg)
COMMON SUFFIXES Creation of adjectives (pertaining to) -ic gastric ulcer -ac iliac vessels -al renal dialysis -ous cutaneous layer -eal transoesophageal
![DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS THREE BASIC STEPS 1 Define the suffix 2 Define the prefix DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS THREE BASIC STEPS 1. Define the suffix 2. Define the prefix](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-30.jpg)
DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS THREE BASIC STEPS 1. Define the suffix 2. Define the prefix (if there is one) 3. Define the root(s) hypervitaminosis: hyper / vitamin / osis (excess) (vitamin) (diseased condition) A diseased condition (caused by) an excess of vitamins
![DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS Hyperglycemia hyper glyc emia blood with excessive sugar Spleenomegaly spleeno DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS Hyperglycemia hyper/ glyc / emia blood (with) excessive sugar Spleenomegaly spleeno/](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-31.jpg)
DEFINING MEDICAL TERMS Hyperglycemia hyper/ glyc / emia blood (with) excessive sugar Spleenomegaly spleeno/ megaly enlargement of the spleen
![BREAKING UP LONG WORDS Transesophageal has a Prefix Root trans oesophag Suffix BREAKING UP LONG WORDS Transesophageal has a: �Prefix �Root = trans = oesophag �Suffix](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-32.jpg)
BREAKING UP LONG WORDS Transesophageal has a: �Prefix �Root = trans = oesophag �Suffix = eal through oesophagus pertaining to
![BUILDING VOCABULARY Cardio itis carditis inflammation of the heart Cardio BUILDING VOCABULARY Cardio + itis = carditis = inflammation of the heart Cardio +](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/f6618beed19b435254531cffcdc9b5e9/image-33.jpg)
BUILDING VOCABULARY Cardio + itis = carditis = inflammation of the heart Cardio + logy= cardiology = study of the heart Cardio + myo + pathy= cardiomyopathy = disease of the heart muscle Echo + cardio + graphy= echocardiography = heart test using ultra sound waves
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