Medical terminology is based on what languages?

Based on Latin and Greek words

Muscle is Latin for ‘mouse’

Coccyx named for the cuckoo’s bill

Fundamental unit of each medical word
Establishes basic meaning of word
Part to which prefixes and suffixes are added

Root

Short word part or parts added to the end of a word
Modifies the meaning of the root
Indicated by a dash before (-itis)

Suffix

Short word part added before a root
Modifies the meaning of the root
Followed by a dash (pre-)

Prefix

Roots shown with a combining vowel are called?

Vowels added after a slash

Neur/o

Combining Forms

-logy = “study of”

Neur = “nerve or nervous system”

Neur/o

Neur + o + logy = neurology (study of the nervous system)

When you add a suffix to a word ending in x, the x is changed to a?

g or c

g = consonant before the x change to g

Ex. Pharynx (throat) becomes pharyngeal = pertaining to throat

c = vowel before the x change to c
Ex. thorax (chest) becomes thoracic = pertaining to chest

If there is a consonant before the x, the x is changed to a?

g

pharynx becomes pharyngeal

If a vowel comes before the x, the x is changed to a?

c

thorax becomes thoracotomy

When you add a suffix beginning with rh to a root, the r is?

doubled

Hem/o (blood) + -rhage (bursting forth) = hemorrhage (a bursting forth of blood)

abbreviation formed from first letter of each word in a phrase

Acronym =

ASAP = as soon as possible

FDA = Food and Drug Administration

A word that contains more than one root

Compound word

Vowels with no pronunciation marks get ______ pronunciation?

short

‘a’ as in hat
'e' as in get
'i' as in hit
'o' as in pot

Short line over vowel gives it ______ pronunciation?

long
‘ā’ as in say
‘ē’ as in pēte
‘ī’ as in kīte
‘ō’ as in tōne

indicated with capital letters
as in AK-sent

Accented syllable

Hard or soft?

racer

Soft c

(RĀ-ser)

Hard or soft?

candy

Hard c

(KAN-dē)

Hard or soft?

page

Soft g

written as j = (pāj)

Hard or soft?

grow

Hard g

(grō)

cervix

neck

®

right

cardi

heart

pulm

lung

-logy

“study of”

Neur

“nerve or nervous system”

Neur + o + logy

neurology

(study of the nervous system)

itis

inflammation

Neur + itis

neuritis (inflammation of a nerve)

Hem/o

blood

-rhage

bursting forth

Hem/o + -rhage

hemorrhage

a bursting forth of blood

gast/o

stomach