1. Ch. 5 Medical Terminology

2. Using Word Parts… Prefixes (P): used at the beginning of a medical term. Describe, modify or limit the term Not all medical terms use prefixes Examples: a-without trans-through intra-within Prefixes (P): used at the beginning of a medical term. Describe, modify or limit the term Not all medical terms use prefixes Examples: a-without trans-through intra-within

3. Using Word Parts… Suffixes (S): the word ending Changes the meaning of a word…you can make a word a noun, verb, or adjective All medical terms have a suffix Examples: -al, -ic, -ar, -ypertaining to -ectomyexcision/surgical removal -it isinflammation -pathydisease Suffixes (S): the word ending Changes the meaning of a word…you can make a word a noun, verb, or adjective All medical terms have a suffix Examples: -al, -ic, -ar, -ypertaining to -ectomyexcision/surgical removal -it isinflammation -pathydisease

4. Using Word Parts… Word Root (WR): the basic meaning of the term Typically indicates a body part, but not always All medical terms must have one or more word roots Examples: neur/onerve cost/orib oste/obone erythr/ored Word Root (WR): the basic meaning of the term Typically indicates a body part, but not always All medical terms must have one or more word roots Examples: neur/onerve cost/orib oste/obone erythr/ored

5. Using Word Parts… Combining Vowel Usually an “o” Used between word roots or when a suffix begins with a consonant. Examples: Neurology neur/o + -logy Osteocyte oste/o + -cyte Neural (drop the combining vowel) neur/o + -al Combining Vowel Usually an “o” Used between word roots or when a suffix begins with a consonant. Examples: Neurology neur/o + -logy Osteocyte oste/o + -cyte Neural (drop the combining vowel) neur/o + -al

6. Decoding Medical Terms… “Reading” a medical term is a step-by- step process. Start with the suffix and define it Next the prefix and define it Then, go to the word root and define Lastly, define the word as a whole “Reading” a medical term is a step-by- step process. Start with the suffix and define it Next the prefix and define it Then, go to the word root and define Lastly, define the word as a whole

7. Decoding Medical Terms… Practice: Intraneural Megalocephalic Cardiomegaly Costectomy Transneurocostal Angiogram Laryngocentesis Rhinitis Bronchitis Practice: Intraneural Megalocephalic Cardiomegaly Costectomy Transneurocostal Angiogram Laryngocentesis Rhinitis Bronchitis