Analyzing Medical Terms

Flashcards with key vocab from the lecture notes.

Language sense

Knowing what words mean and forecasting the effects their combinations will produce.

Prefixes

Appear at the beginning of a term.

Suffixes

Always the endings of words.

Combining Form

Used in combination with another word part distinct from a prefix or suffix; adjusts the sense or function of the word.

Combining Form

Root that includes one or more vowels tacked onto the end of it to make a root-suffix combination pronounceable.

-algia

Pain

-logy

Study of

-itis

Inflammation of

neuralgia

Pain in nerve

neurology

Study of nervous system

neuritis

Inflammation of nerve

card/i/o

Heart

arthr/o

Joint

neur/o

Nerve

path/o

Disease

-logy

Study of

-al

Adjective suffix

-itis

Inflammation

-gen

Origin, cause, formation

epi-

Upon, following, or subsequent to

micro-

Small

post-

After

peri-

Around