Welcome to Medical Terminology 2020

7/31/2020

Welcome to Medical Terminology 2020

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We will be learning online for the first 9 weeks

Essential Questions:

What is medical terminology?

Where is medical terminology used?

Where do the words come from and how do we use them?

How does vocabulary help us connect and communicate within a field of study?

What is it?

Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine, and clinical settings to describe the human body components, processes, illnesses, medical procedures, and pharmacology.

Every field of study has a vocabulary that helps the people communicate and be more efficient.

Knowledge of medical terminology is essential for many career options, it can also help us comprehend our own medical needs, and those of family and friends.

Since medical terminology is used to describe anatomy and physiology, we will be learning both at the same time.

Etymology

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

Language evolves as people more around the world and meet more forms of expression.

Medicine uses many Greek and Latin roots to help more people across the planet communicate and cross language barriers.

We will start by learning prefixes and suffixes

Medical Terminology words have a prefix (beginning) a root word (middle) and a suffix (end)

And then Root Words

Prefix examples

Hyper- high

Hypo- low

Intra- within

Inter- between

bi- two

hemi- half

di- two

tri- three, quad- four

Brady- slow

Tachy- fast

Peri- around

Trans- across

co, con- with

anti- against

ante- before or in front of

post- after or behind

A few root words parts

Osteo- bone

Myo, Sacro- muscle

Neuro- nerve

Tympan- drum (eardrum)

Derm- skin

Angio- blood vessels

Phlebo- veins

Cardio- heart

Gastro- stomach

Pneumo- Lung

Rhino- nose

Oma-

Neph- kidney (nephrons)

Opthalm- eye

Ear- Otto

Thrombosis- blood clot

Hepat- Liver

Mast, mam- breast

Thoro- Chest

enter- intestines

Suffix examples

itis- inflammation

osis- any condition of

emia- a condition related to blood

oma- tumor

pathy- disease

ostomy- opening

gram- a written record

ism- a condition

ize- to subject to or to use

oscopy- visual examination

Medical Terminology Examples

Bradycardia- slow heart

Tachycardia- fast heart

Hepatitis- inflammation of the liver

Nephrology- study of kidneys

Osteoporosis- any condition of having porous bones

Opthamologist- person who studies eyes

Gastroenterology- study of stomach and intestines

2 Comments

Machae Reza

8/14/2020 06:59:44 am

Prefix is a placed at the beginning of a word to modify
Suffix is the ending of a word
Root is the center of a word

Kassandra Gandarilla

8/14/2020 11:07:03 am

Prefix is a group of letters placed in the beginning of words. A prefix has to do with medical terminology because with knowing the prefix you can figure out what the meaning of the root word means. For example, if you have the word tachycardia, by knowing the meaning of tachy, you will know this word has to do with something that is fast.

Root word is the main part of a word, if you take out the prefix and the suffix, all you have left is the root word. What a root word adds to a word in medical terminology is knowing where the issue is at. For example, gastritis, knowing the meaning of the root word, gastro, you now know this word has to do with the stomach.

Suffix is a group of letters placed at the end or words. A suffix goes with medical terminology because it is now describing the root word or the prefix. For example, anemia is going to mean a condition related to blood.

Medical Terminology

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY