Medical terminology

Medical Terminology HCR 116

Key Words and Concepts Unit 1

Know all rules of pronunciation (see pdf handout on Canvas)

Know all rules of construction (see pdf handout on Canvas)

Be able to deconstruct a medical term and label each word part, example:    dysmenorrhea

Dys- (prefix) 

men/o (combining form) 

o (combining vowel)

-rrhea (suffix)

Understand where the hyphen is placed on a prefix and a suffix

Be able to verbally define medical terms understanding that the suffix is usually the first part of the definition and the word root or combining form is stated or written second.  Example: gastritis (inflammation of the stomach) NOT (stomach inflammation).

Be able to define and spell common medical terms and their word parts:

Prefixes:

Iso-              dys-             brady-        mono-

Hemi-         ab-               a-                 bi-

Apo-            ad-               co-               meso-

Ambi-         mega-         micro-        anti-

Tri-              meta-         tachy-         uni-

Ante-          di-                pan-            primi-        

Sub-            pluri-           post-           endo-

Per-             auto-           para-           contra-

Peri-            epi-             intra-          meta-

Cata-           trans-          exo-            inter-

Suffixes:

-ptosis        -oma           -esthesia    -parous

-stasis        -pnea           -para           -gram

-tripsy         -graph        -graphy      -leptic

-cytosis      -ema           -blast          -stat

-oid             -edema      -ism             -iasis

-stomy       -tome         -form          -trophy

-trophy       -version      -clast           -ectomy

-pexy          -gen            -crit             -scopy

-opia           -megaly      -penia         -cele

-uria            -emia          -emic          -cyte

-phoria       -phobia      -algia           -kinesia

-phonia      -itis              -emesis      -rrhea

-meter        -desis          -cytosis      -pathy

-asthenia  

Combining Forms:

Path/o        cardi/o       cutane/o    electr/o

Retr/o         hepat/o      men/o        lith/o

Bi/o             muscul/o   immun/o   gynec/o

Medical Terms

Multiparous                  hepatomegaly              asepsis

Post-Surgical                 autoimmune                 unilateral

Anaphylaxis                   quadriplegia                  retroversion

Hemiplegia                    hyperemesis                 hyperactive

Antibiotic                       abduct                            adduct

Tachycardia                   postnasal                       subcutaneously

Intracellular                   dysmenorrhea              intramuscular    

bradycardia                   electrocardiography          lithotripsy

gynecopathy

Abbreviations:

PRN             PO               IM                SQ              

ASA             AMA           NPO            tid

CBC             bid               qid               ID