Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language Flashcards

Chapter 1.1 The Purpose of Medical Language

Chapter 1.1 The Purpose of Medical Language

Learning Outcome 1.1 Exercises

Chapter 1.2 The Origins of Medical Language

Chapter 1.2 The Origins of Medical Language

Chapter 1.2 The Origins of Medical Language

Learning Outcome 1.2 Exercises

Chapter 1.3 The Principles of Medical Language

Chapter 1.4 How to Pronounce Words Associated with Medical Language

Chapter 1.4 How to Pronounce Words Associated with Medical Language

Chapter 1.4 How to Pronounce Words Associated with Medical Language

Chapter 1.4 How to Pronounce Words Associated with Medical Language

Learning Outcome 1.4 Exercises: Exercise 1

Learning Outcome 1.2 Exercises: Exercise 2

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Roots - Some meanings have only one potential root.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Roots - Some meanings have a few similar-sounding potential roots.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Roots - Some meanings have a couple of potential roots that are completely different but mean the same thing.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Roots - Some meanings have several potential roots that mean the same thing.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Roots -

1. General-Purpose Roots: This list contains roots that will recur often in multiple chapters.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Simple Suffixes: are used to turn a root into a complete word.

• Adjective. These suffixes turn the root they follow into an adjective. Thus, they all mean "pertaining to," or something similar to that.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Simple Suffixes: are used to turn a root into a complete word.

• Noun. All of these suffixes turn the root they are added to into nouns.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Simple Suffixes: are used to turn a root into a complete word.

• Diminutive. When added to a root, these suffixes transform a term's meaning to a smaller version of the root.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Complex Suffixes: They have more parts than simple suffixes but that doesn't necessarily make them more difficult. Sometimes they are referred to as compound or combination suffixes because the suffixes themselves are put together from other suffixes, roots, and prefixes.

• Some complex suffixes are professional terms.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Complex Suffixes: They have more parts than simple suffixes but that doesn't necessarily make them more difficult. Sometimes they are referred to as compound or combination suffixes because the suffixes themselves are put together from other suffixes, roots, and prefixes.

• Some complex suffixes describe symptoms, diseases, or conditions that are either mentioned by patients or diagnosed by health professionals.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Complex Suffixes: They have more parts than simple suffixes but that doesn't necessarily make them more difficult. Sometimes they are referred to as compound or combination suffixes because the suffixes themselves are put together from other suffixes, roots, and prefixes.

• Some complex suffixes describe tests and treatments performed by health professionals. A test is a procedure done to gain more information in order to diagnose a problem. A treatment is a process done after a diagnosis to fix a problem.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Suffixes -

1. Singulars and Plurals: In English, the most common way to turn a word from singular to plural is to add an s. However, there are other ways. Like from goose to geese. The same is true for medical terms.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

1. Negation Prefixes: Some prefixes negate things.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

1. Time or Speed Prefixes: Some prefixes describe time or speed.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

1. Direction or Position Prefixes: Some prefixes describe direction or position.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

1. Size or Quantity Prefixes: Some prefixes describe size or quantity.

Chapter 1.5 Parts Used to Build Medical Language:

Common Prefixes - a prefix is a word part placed at the beginning of a word. They function like adjectives in the language of medicine.

1. General Prefixes: Some prefixes are general.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 1, 2, 3.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 4, 5, 6.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 7, 8, 9.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 10, 11, 12.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 13, 14, 15.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 16, 17, 18.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 19, 20, 21.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 22, 23, 24.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 25, 26, 27.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 28, 29, 30.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 31, 32, 33.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 34, 35, 36.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 37, 38, 39.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 40, 41, 42.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 43, 44, 45.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 46, 47, 48.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 49, 50, 51.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 52, 53, 54.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 55, 56, 57.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 58, 59, 60.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 61, 62, 63.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 64, 65, 66.

Learning Outcome 1.5 Exercises: Exercise 67, 68, 69.

Chapter 1.6 How to Put Together Medical Terms:

Putting It All Together - There's an additional piece called the combining vowel.

Chapter 1.6 How to Put Together Medical Terms:

Do Use a Combining Vowel - To join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant.

Chapter 1.6 How to Put Together Medical Terms:

Don't Use a Combining Vowel - To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel.

Learning Outcome 1.6 Exercises: Exercise 1

Learning Outcome 1.6 Exercises: Exercise 2

Learning Outcome 1.6 Exercises: Exercise 3

Chapter 1.7 How Medical Terms Are Translated:

Think of Medical Terms as Sentences

Chapter 1.7 How Medical Terms Are Translated:

Think of Medical Terms as Sentences -

1. Group 1. This group is made up of relatively simple words. Most have just one root and one suffix and the definition is easily deduced from the word analysis.

Chapter 1.7 How Medical Terms Are Translated:

Think of Medical Terms as Sentences -

1. Group 2. This group of words contains a more complex words. The words in this section are made up of at least three parts--either multiple roots or a prefix, root, and suffix.

Learning Outcome 1.7 Exercises: Exercise 1

Learning Outcome 1.7 Exercises: Exercise 2

Learning Outcome 1.7 Exercises: Exercise 3

Learning Outcome 1.7 Exercises: Exercise 4

Chapter 1 Review of Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes.

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 1

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 2

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 3

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 4, 5

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 6, 7

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 8, 9

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 10

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 11

Chapter 1 Review Exercises: Exercise 12

Medical language allows health care professionals to communicate quickly because ______.

Multiple choice question.

• it uses a common understanding of the terms
• patients are less likely to ask questions when medical terms are used
• terms are not based on roots
• it saves time on documentation

Medical language is comprised primarily of words from the Latin and ______ languages.

Fill in the Blank Question.

A word formed by using the name of the person who discovered or invented what is being described is a(n) ______.

Multiple choice question.

• acronym
• antonym
• synonym
• eponym

The word acronym is derived from the Greek words "acro-" meaning "high, end" and "onyma" meaning ______.

The first people to study the human body and develop theories about health and disease were the ancient ______.

Which of the following is true of medical language?

Multiple select question.

• It allows professionals to communicate clearly.
• It provides abbreviations for all diseases.
• It allows professionals to communicate quickly.
• It can be comforting to the patient.

Medical language is primarily made up of words taken from how many ancient languages?

Multiple choice question.

• Three
• Two
• Five
• Four

In what centuries did the scientific revolution occur?

Multiple select question.

• Second
• First
• Sixteenth
• Nineteenth
• Seventeenth

An eponym is formed by using the inventor's or discoverer's

Multiple choice question.

• location.
• disease.
• nationality.
• name.

You should not think of medical language as words to be memorized. Instead, think of it as sentences to be ______.

A word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase is a(n) ______.

Multiple choice question.

• acronym
• eponym
• antonym
• synonym

The letter "G" is pronounced like a "J" when followed by which vowels?

Multiple select question.

• O
• I
• A
• E

The foundations of western medicine were from which ancient areas?

Multiple select question.

• India
• China
• Greece
• Rome

The syllables in the word "colonoscopy" are co / lon/ o/ sco/ py. The syllable that is the ultima is ______.

Match the word parts of the term "tachycardia" with their meanings.

The most important thing to do in order to master the pronunciation of medical words is Blank______.

Multiple choice question.

• write out the pronunciation
• write out the word
• count the syllables
• practice saying them out loud

Which of the following was the global language of the scientific revolution?

Multiple choice question.

• Sanskrit
• Aramaic
• Akkadian
• Latin

The type of word part at the end of the word that gives essential meaning to the term is the ______.

Which of the following are true about understanding how medical language works?

Multiple select question.

• You can generate words from their word parts.
• You will learn the meaning of key words.
• You must be fluent in more than one language to master it.
• You will be able to break down and understand words you have never seen before.

A prefix is found ______ of a word.

Multiple choice question.

• at the beginning
• at the end
• randomly, at any place
• in the middle

The letters "ph" are pronounced as the letter ______.

The roots that mean "vessel" are vascul/o or ______.

Multiple choice question.

• ven/o
• cutane/o
• angi/o
• pneum/o

Match the terms related to syllables with their meanings.

The word "colonoscope" has four syllables. Deconstruct the word by separating the syllables with hyphens. ______.

The part added to the beginning of a term is the

Multiple choice question.

• suffix.
• combining form.
• prefix.
• root.

The root in the term "dermatitis" means ______.

Which of the following create the foundation or subject of medical terms?

Multiple select question.

• root
• combining form
• suffix
• prefix

Both of the combining forms "pneum/o-" and "pulmon/o-" refer to the ______.

The root "orth/o-" means ______.

When deciding how to pronounce a word, the emphasis usually falls on the ______.

Multiple choice question.

• postultima
• antepenult
• penult
• ultima

Which of the following suffixes means "small"?

Multiple choice question.

• -ous
• -osis
• -itis
• -ole
• -ia

The word "cardiology" has five syllables. Deconstruct the word by separating the syllables with hyphens. ______-______-______-______-______-______-______-______-______.

The suffix "-iatrist" is an example of which type of suffix?

Multiple choice question.

• Positional
• Complex
• Simple
• Directional

Which is the root in the term "subcutaneous"?

Multiple choice question.

• Subcut
• Sub
• Cutane/o
• Ous

The suffix "-logy" means

Multiple choice question.

• record.
• specialist.
• study of.
• medical science.

A ______ is the ending of a medical word that gives essential meaning to the term.

The suffix "-megaly" means

Multiple choice question.

• softening.
• pain.
• tumor.
• enlargement.

The root "myc/o-" means

Multiple choice question.

• fungus.
• tendon.
• muscle.
• disease.

The suffix that means "instrument used to produce a record" is

Multiple choice question.

• -scope.
• -graph.
• -meter.
• -gram.

Which of the following suffixes mean "pertaining to"?

Multiple select question.

• -ary
• -eal
• -ac
• -ous
• -ole
• -ia
• -ism

In the word "appendectomy", the suffix "-ectomy" means ______.

Which of the following is true about complex suffixes?

Multiple choice question.

• They are more difficult to understand.
• They are never made up of more than one word part.
• They only begin with a consonant.
• They have more parts.

Which of the following medical terms are singular?

Multiple select question.

• Thrombi
• Ova
• Biopsy
• Thrombus
• Diagnoses
• Ovum
• Diagnosis

Match each of the suffixes with the correct definition.

The prefixes "anti-" and "contra-" mean ______.

Match the suffix with the meaning.

A patient with bradycardia has a ______ heartbeat.

Multiple choice question.

• absent
• irregular
• slow
• fast

Match each test suffix with the correct definition.

Match each prefix about direction or position with the correct definition.

Deconstruct the word "rhinoplasty" by separating the combining form and the suffix with a hyphen. ______.

The plural form of the word "ganglion" is

Multiple choice question.

• ganglias
• ganglia
• gangis.
• ganglius

Which of the following prefixes means "not"?

Multiple select question.

• De-
• Pre-
• A-
• An-

Match each size or quantity prefix with the correct definition.

Match each prefix related to time or speed with the correct definition.

Which of the following prefixes mean "with" or "together"?

Multiple select question.

• Syn-
• Con-
• Eu-
• Sym-

Which of the following prefixes mean "around"?

Multiple select question.

• Intra-
• Ecto-
• Circum-
• Peri-

The combining vowel is found at the end of the ______.

Multiple choice question.

• suffix
• root
• prefix
• verb

Match the treatment suffix with the correct definition.

Which of the following medical terms are plurals?

Multiple select question.

• Appendix
• Larva
• Ovum
• Diagnoses
• vertebrae
• Thoraces
• Ova

The two word parts in the word "monocyte" mean "______" and "cell."

In the word gastroenterology, the two combining forms mean Blank______.

Multiple select question.

• intestine
• stomach
• kidneys
• heart
• liver

Which of the following prefixes mean "with" or "together"?

Multiple select question.

• Eu-
• Syn-
• Sym-
• Dys-
• Con-

A combining vowel is NOT used when connecting a root to which of the following suffixes?

Multiple choice question.

• -graph
• -logy
• -pathy
• -ectomy

A combining form is a combination of a __ with a combining vowel.

Multiple choice question.

• hyphen
• suffix
• prefix
• root

In the word "arthritis," the suffix means ______.

Match the correct definition to the suffix for treatments.

Match the medical term to the definition.

The plural form of the word "ganglion" is

Multiple choice question.

• ganglius
• gangis.
• ganglias
• ganglia

When is a combining vowel used?

Multiple select question.

• To join a prefix to a root
• To join a root to a suffix that begins with a consonant
• To join a root to another root
• To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel

When is a combining vowel NOT used?

Multiple choice question.

• To join a root to another root.
• To join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel.
• To join a root to a suffix that begins with a consonant.
• To join two roots together even when the second root begins with a vowel.

Deconstruct the word "myalgia". Enter hyphens or slashes in the appropriate blanks. ______ ______ ______.

Match the general term condition to the definition.

The combining form in the word "hepatomegaly" means ______.

A combining vowel is used when joining a root with which of the following suffixes?

Multiple choice question.

• -itis
• -ac
• -ule
• -megaly