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Medical Terminology Basics Part 1

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This deck covers fundamental medical terminology, including constructed terms, prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. It is designed to help students understand and memorize key medical terms and their meanings.

constructed terms

a word made up of multiple word parts
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
constructed terms
a word made up of multiple word parts
eponym
a term derived from a name
non constructed terms
terms that are not formed from individual word parts
prefix
word part that is affixed to the beginning of a word
word root
a word part that provides the primary meaning of a term
suffix
a word part that is affixed to the end of a word

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TermDefinition
constructed terms
a word made up of multiple word parts
eponym
a term derived from a name
non constructed terms
terms that are not formed from individual word parts
prefix
word part that is affixed to the beginning of a word
word root
a word part that provides the primary meaning of a term
suffix
a word part that is affixed to the end of a word
combining vowel
a vowel used when a suffix starts with a consonant
anti-
against, opposite of
brady-
slow
endo-
within
epi-
upon, over, above, on top
neo-
new
pre-
to come before
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
bi/o
life
cardi/o
heart
cerebr/o
brain, cerebrum
dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
gastr/o
stomach
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hyster/o
uterus
laryng/o
voice box, larynx
leuk/o
white
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
ment/o
mind
nat/o
birth
neur/o
nerve
path/o
disease
proct/o
rectum or anus
psych/o
mind
rhin/o
nose
tonsill/o
tonsil
vas/o
vessel
-al
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emia
condition of blood
-gram
a record or image
-ia
condition of
-iatry
treatment, specialty
-ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation of
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study or science of
-pathy
disease
-philia
loving, affinity for
-plasty
surgical repair