Prefixes and Suffixes Chapters 2 3 Color Coding

Prefixes and Suffixes Chapters 2 & 3

Color Coding of word parts: From now on you will see: q all WORD ROOTS highlighted in PURPLE q all COMBINING VOWELS highlighted in RED q all SUFFIXES highlighted in BLUE q all PREFIXES highlighted in GREEN

Medical Terms that are constructed from parts } To review, medical terms that are constructed from parts may include: } Word Roots Prefixes Suffixes One or more Combining Vowels (usually an “o” or an “i” } } }

Prefix: a beginning } Always attaches to the BEGINNING of a word **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a prefix always remains the same.

PREFIXES: Prefixes express: Numbers, measurements, position, direction, negatives, and color

Prefixes that express NUMBERS: Bi. Tri. Uni. Primi. Semi. Tetra. Quadri. Milli- 6

Prefixes that express MEASUREMENTS: Hyper Hyp/hypo Multi Poly- 7

Prefixes that express POSITION or DIRECTION Ab Ad Ambi Ante Circum Endo- 8

Prefixes that express COLOR: albino Cyan chlor Erythr Leuk Melan/o Cirrh/o- 9

Prefixes that express NEGATIVES: A An Ana Anti Contra Dis 10

Suffix: an ending Always attaches to the END of a word Makes a word a noun or an adjective **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a suffix always remains the same.

Suffixes: Suffixes usually make a word a: Noun or an adjective

Let’s look at more Noun Suffixes! These suffixes make Examples: words into Nouns: Cyanoderma -a Radiographer -er Psychologist -ist Albinism -ism

Suffixes- Adjective endings In medical terminology, suffixes are what change a word to be an adjective (or a noun, as we saw earlier). What follows next is a list of the most common “Adjective Suffixes”

Suffixes – Adjective endings -ac -al -ar -ical -ile -ory -ous -tic All of these suffixes mean the same thing: PERTAINING TO

Let’s see them used in examples: -ac -al -ar -ical -ile -ory -ous -tic “cardiac” = pertaining to the heart “duodenal” = pertaining to the duodenum “ventricular” = pertaining to the ventricle “thoracic” = pertaining to the thorax “neurological” = pertaining to the nerves/brain “febrile” = pertaining to fever “auditory” = pertaining to hearing “venous” = pertaining to veins “cyanotic” = pertaining to blueness

Pronunciation Practice Apnea Hemiplegia Intercostal Intravenous Primigravida Anemia Osteoblast Epilepsy Tonometry Hemolytic Autism Arachnophobia Lipoma Lithotripsy Colostomy Dyspnea

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