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. Component 3-Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings Unit 1-Understanding Medical Words Lecture 1a- Word Roots This material was developed by The University of Alabama at Birmingham, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number 1U24OC

. Medical Terminology Studying medical terminology is like learning a new language Basic rules for building terms will help you both build and translate many different words You must be able to put words together or build words from their parts –Like putting together the pieces of a puzzle Component 3/ Unit 1-1a2 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Understanding Medical Terms It is impossible to memorize all of the thousands of medical terms You can figure out the meaning of many different words by analyzing the word parts –Word roots –Prefixes –Suffixes –Combining forms Component 3/ Unit 1-1a3 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Basic Word Parts Word root is the general meaning of the term Prefixes are added to the beginning of the word Suffixes are added to the ending of the word Combining vowels connect other word parts Component 3/ Unit 1-1a4 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Basic Word Parts Word Part Word root Prefix Suffix Combining form Example (Meaning) cardiology (study of the heart) tachycardia (condition of a fast heart) carditis (inflammation of the heart) cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) Component 3/ Unit 1-1a5 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Word Root Core part of the term Provides general meaning of the word Usually gives a body part oste = bone cardi = heart rhino = nose Component 3/ Unit 1-1a6 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Combining Vowels Make it possible to pronounce long terms Usually an “o” Combine two word parts: –Between two word roots –Between word root and suffix Component 3/ Unit 1-1a7 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Combining Vowel Rules Between word root and suffix If the suffix begins with a vowel –Do not use a combining vowel –Arthritis (not arthroitis) If the suffix begins with a consonant –Use a combining vowel –Arthroscope (not arthrscope) Component 3/ Unit 1-1a8 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Combining Vowel Rules Combining vowel is typically kept between two word roots Even if the second word root begins with a vowel –Gastroenteritis (not gastrenteritis) Component 3/ Unit 1-1a9 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Combining Form Typically used to write word roots Also uses the word root / combining vowel format Examples: –cardi/o –hepat/o –gastr/o Component 3/ Unit 1-1a10 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

. Examples of Combining Forms arthr/o – joint cardi/o – heart dermat/o – skin enter/o – small intestine gastr/o – stomach hemat/o – blood nephr/o – kidney neur/o – nerve ot/o – ear pulmon/o – lung rhin/o – nose ur/o – urine, urinary system Component 3/ Unit 1-1a11 Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 2.0/Spring 2011

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