Notes 1-3

Chap 1-3 Medical Terminology Notes

__________ practiced medicine as early as the 1st century B.C.

Both  __________ and  __________words were/are used.

i.e. __________is  __________ for skin and  __________is  __________ for skin.  Generally derm is used to describe disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis.  Whereas cutane is used to describe structure.

Ex. on p. 2

Word root- The  __________of a medical term and contains the  

*When combining a root word,  

Ex. on p. 3

Suffix- A word element placed at the  __________of a word or word root

Combining form- Word root to which a vowel  

Prefix- Word element located at the  

Defining Medical Words

Rule #1- Define the  __________, or  __________part of the word.

Rule #2- Define the  __________part of the  

Rule #3- Define the  __________ parts of the word.

p. 5

Building Medical Words

Rule #1- A word root links a suffix that  

Rule #2- A combining form  ______   __   __links a suffix  

Rule #3- Use a combining form to link a root to another root to form a compound word. This rule holds true even if the next root begins with a vowel, as in osteoarthritis. Keep in mind that the rules for linking multiple roots to each other are slightly different from the rules for linking roots and combining forms to suffixes.

p. 6

Pronunciation

The diacritical ︣  is called a __________and has a  __________ sound.

The diacritical ¯is called a  __________ and has a  __________sound.

The  ______ is pronounced  ______ as in chlorophyll.

The  ______ is pronounced  _______as in pneumonia.

The _______is pronounced  _______as in fungi.

When  ______are combined, only the  ____ is pronounced. Ex. pleurae

When  __  ____   ____form the final letter or letters of a word, they are pronounced  __________.  Ex.Endoscope