Medical terminology
ORIGIN:
→ Medical terminology: → The words or phrases which have been devised to communicate and refer to the procedures,
medications instructions anatomical structures, etc… in the field of medicine.
↳ Most specialist industries have a specific language.
→ Medical terminology is a language made up of Latin and Greek.
→ American spelling forms differ from English forms used in Australia today.
↳ Generally in American spelling, the letter not pronounced is dropped when two vowels appear as one syllable.
↳ E.g. Haematology = English Hematology = American
COMPOMENTS:
→ Word root.
means → n t s
d
→ Combining vowel. Gastr o paresis
→ Combining form. Word root Combining vowel → Suffix
→ Suffix.
→ Prefix.
WORD ROOT:
→ Are the basic medical word. Root Meaning Example
Haem Blood Haematoma
Cardi Heart Electrocardiogram
COMBINING VOWEL:
→ The combining vowel is added to the root word to aid pronunciation.
↳ Often, but not always the combining vowel is ‘O’. → → A
⑧
⑧
U E
→
→
↳ A-E-I-O-U. →
⑧
O I
COMBINING FORM:
→ The combining is the result of joining the word root with the combining vowel.
⑤
~
e
: !!!),
Word root + :
____
Combining vowel = *j⑦õ
Combining form
→
→
→
>
* )↓↑I*
Gastr >
⑱O: * * u↓*?I).
Gastro
SUFFIX:
→ The suffix follows the root word (is found at the end of the word).
↳ It also adds to or all modifies the meaning of the root word.
↳ E.g. Bronch (word root) -itis (suffix meaning: Inflammation of).
→ Examples of suffixes:
—aemia → Condition of the blood. —gram → X-ray / tracing / recording. —logy → Study of.
—al → Pertaining to. —graphy → Technique of recording. —oma → Tumour / swelling.
—algia → Condition of pain. —itis → Inflammation. —pathy → Disease of.
—ectomy → Surgical removal of. —logist → Specialist who studies. —scope → Instrument / to view.
ORIGIN:
→ Medical terminology: → The words or phrases which have been devised to communicate and refer to the procedures,
medications instructions anatomical structures, etc… in the field of medicine.
↳ Most specialist industries have a specific language.
→ Medical terminology is a language made up of Latin and Greek.
→ American spelling forms differ from English forms used in Australia today.
↳ Generally in American spelling, the letter not pronounced is dropped when two vowels appear as one syllable.
↳ E.g. Haematology = English Hematology = American
COMPOMENTS:
→ Word root.
means → n t s
d
→ Combining vowel. Gastr o paresis
→ Combining form. Word root Combining vowel → Suffix
→ Suffix.
→ Prefix.
WORD ROOT:
→ Are the basic medical word. Root Meaning Example
Haem Blood Haematoma
Cardi Heart Electrocardiogram
COMBINING VOWEL:
→ The combining vowel is added to the root word to aid pronunciation.
↳ Often, but not always the combining vowel is ‘O’. → → A
⑧
⑧
U E
→
→
↳ A-E-I-O-U. →
⑧
O I
COMBINING FORM:
→ The combining is the result of joining the word root with the combining vowel.
⑤
~
e
: !!!),
Word root + :
____
Combining vowel = *j⑦õ
Combining form
→
→
→
>
* )↓↑I*
Gastr >
⑱O: * * u↓*?I).
Gastro
SUFFIX:
→ The suffix follows the root word (is found at the end of the word).
↳ It also adds to or all modifies the meaning of the root word.
↳ E.g. Bronch (word root) -itis (suffix meaning: Inflammation of).
→ Examples of suffixes:
—aemia → Condition of the blood. —gram → X-ray / tracing / recording. —logy → Study of.
—al → Pertaining to. —graphy → Technique of recording. —oma → Tumour / swelling.
—algia → Condition of pain. —itis → Inflammation. —pathy → Disease of.
—ectomy → Surgical removal of. —logist → Specialist who studies. —scope → Instrument / to view.
