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Chap.1 Word Parts
The building blocks of Medical Terminology
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2014

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Term
Acronym
Definition

Words created from abbreviations or from the first letters of a group of words.

-CAT scan

Term
Eponym
Definition

Words based on the personal names of people to describe a disease of body part.

-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Term
Word Root
Definition
  • The basic part of the word (foundation)
  • Contains the primary meaning
  • Most medical terms contain at least one word root and sometimes more

-ab/norm/al

The word root is norm; it is the primary meaning of the word, and it means normal state.

Term
Arter, Arteri
Definition
Artery
Term
Arthr
Definition
Joint
Term
Card, Cardi
Definition
Heart
Term
Gastr
Definition
Stomach
Term
Hepat
Definition
Liver
Term
Later
Definition
Side
Term
Norm
Definition
A Common State
Term
Oste
Definition
Bone
Term
Path
Definition
Disease
Term
Tens
Definition
Pressure
Term
Ven
Definition
Vein
Term
Prefix
Definition

The word part that is placed before the word root to change its meaning.

-ab/norm/al

The prefix ab is placed before the word root to modify the word meaning, and meansĀ away from.

Term
ab-
Definition
away from
Term
bi-
Definition
two
Term
endo-
Definition
within
Term
hyper-
Definition
high, above
Term
hypo-
Definition
under, below
Term
intra-
Definition
within
Term
pre-
Definition
to come before
Term
post
Definition
to follow after
Term
sub-
Definition
below, beneath
Term
Suffix
Definition

The word part that is placed at the end the word root to change its meaning.

-ab/norm/al

The suffix al is placed after the word root to modify the word meaning and means pertaining to.

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