medical terminology

5 skills of medical language

1. hearing

2. reading

3. speaking

4. thinking

5. writing

study of word origins

etymology

Change the greek singular to plural: iris

iris → irides

-is → ides

Change the greek singular to plural: phalanx

phalanx → phalanges

-nx → -nges

Change the greek singular to plural: carcinoma

carcinoma → carcinomata

-oma → -omata

Change the greek singular to plural: ganglion

ganglion → ganglia

-on → -a

how to find accented syllable in urination

put hand under chin and wherever it drops lowest is where the accent is

uriNAYtion → urination

plural form of apex

apICES

which skill involves relaying medical language

writing

which of the following have opposite meanings

brady-, trachy-

suffix for making an incision

-tomy

suffix -gram means

a record or picture

what order do you put the parts to figure out the definition

suffix

prefix

combining form

do all medical words have prefixes?

nah but all have suffix

meaning of pneumon/o-

lung air

prefixes anti- and dys- describe

degree or quality

bradycardia

slow heart rate

cost/o- means

rib

inflammation of the lungs

pneumonitis

skill that involves processing medical language

thinking and analyzing

ven/o- means

vein

gastroscopy

examine the stomach with an instrument

suffix that means tumor

-oma

anesthesia

condition of not feeling

Change the latin singular to plural: vertebra

vertebra → vertebrae

-a → -ae

Change the latin singular to plural: bronchus

bronchus → bronchi

-us → -i

Change the latin singular to plural: bacterium

bacterium → bacteria

-um → -a

Change the latin singular to plural: diagnosis

diagnosis → diagnoses

-is → -es

Change the latin singular to plural: apex

apex → apices

-ex → -ices

abdomin/o-

abdomen

arteri/o-

artery

intestin/o-

intestine

muscul/o-

muscle

thyroid/o-

thyroid gland

tonsill/o-

tonsil

ven/o-

vein

arth/o-

joint

cardi/o-

heart

derm/o-

skin

gastr/o-

stomach

mamm/o-

breast

nas/o-

nose

cost/o-

rib

cutane/o-

skin

cyan/o-

blue

enter/o-

intestine

hepat/o-

liver

integument/o-

skin

lapar/o-

abdomen

leuk/o-

blood

pertaining to

-ac al ar ary

-ic ine ive

-ous

-ation

being, process

-ion

action/conditon

-ia

condition, thing, state

-ism

disease from specific cause

-itis

inflammation/infection

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-ectomy

surgical remove

-gram

picture

-graphy

recording

-metry

measuring

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

using instrument to examine something

-tomy

incesion

-iatry

medical treatment

-ics

practice/knowledge

-ist

specilizes in

-logy

study of

epi-

Above

inter-

Between

intra-

Within

peri-

Around

post-

After/behind

pre-

Before/in front

sub-

Below/under; less than

trans-

Across/through

Brady-

Slow

hyper-

Above; more than normal

hypo-

Below; less than normal

an-

Without

anti-

Against

dys-

Abnormal; difficult; painful

re-

Again and again

Ways to breakdown a word

1. Split it up into parts

2. Define each part

3. Put it in order from suffix, prefix, then combining form

spir/o-

Breathe

Skills involved in receiving medical language

Analyzing and understanding

Pleg/o-

Paralysis

pelv/o-

Hip bone/pelvis