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    This document provides an overview of medical terminology including: 1) Medical terms are derived from Greek and Latin roots and are required for healthcare communication. 2) Terms have prefixes, roots, and suffixes that denote meaning. Prefixes indicate how the root is modified, roots indicate the core meaning, and suffixes also modify meaning. 3) Plural forms are usually made by changing word endings rather than adding "s". Irregular nouns follow special pluralization rules.

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    This document provides an overview of medical terminology including: 1) Medical terms are derived from Greek and Latin roots and are required for healthcare communication. 2) Terms have prefixes, roots, and suffixes that denote meaning. Prefixes indicate how the root is modified, roots indicate the core meaning, and suffixes also modify meaning. 3) Plural forms are usually made by changing word endings rather than adding "s". Irregular nouns follow special pluralization rules.

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    This document provides an overview of medical terminology including: 1) Medical terms are derived from Greek and Latin roots and are required for healthcare communication. 2) Terms have prefixes, roots, and suffixes that denote meaning. Prefixes indicate how the root is modified, roots indicate the core meaning, and suffixes also modify meaning. 3) Plural forms are usually made by changing word endings rather than adding "s". Irregular nouns follow special pluralization rules.

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    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

    Medical Terminologies NEPHR KIDNEY/NEPHRO


    N
     derived from GREEK and LATIN OSTE BONE
    words PHAGO EAT
     required for understanding and PNEU BREATHE
    PULMO LUNG
    communication with:
    N
    ◦ Healthcare personnel REN KIDNEY
    TOX POISON
    ◦ Patients

    ◦ Family members PREFIX


    PARTS OF A MEDICAL TERM  found at the beginning of the term

     shows how meaning is assigned to


    PREFIX ROOT SUFFIX the word

    Examples:

    EXAMPLE: A/AN WITHOUT, ABSENCE


    HYPER INCREASED,ABOVE
    PSEUDO PENIA
    THROMBOCYTO POLY MANY
     False  deficienc PRE BEFORE
     platelets
    y AMBI BOTH
    ANTE BEFORE
    ROOT WORD ANTI AGAINST
    CRYO COLD
     The main part of the medical term
    DYS BAD/DIFFICULT
    that denotes the meaning of the ECTO/EXO OUTSIDE
    word ENDO INSIDE
    COLO COLON EPI ON/OVER
    PHLEBO VEIN HYPO BELOW/LESS
    HERMA BLOOD INTER BETWEEN
    T INTRA WITHIN
    AERO AIR ISO SAME
    AGGLUT CLUMP MACRO LARGE
    TOGETHER NEO NEW
    ANGIO VESSEL PARA BESIDE
    ARTERI ARTERY PER THROUGH/THROUGHOU
    O T
    BILI BILE PERI SURROUN/AROUND
    CEPHAL HEAD POST AFTER
    CUBIT ELBOW PRO FOR
    CYST BLADDER TACHY FAST
    DERM SKIN NUMBER PREFIX
    NECRO DEATH BI/DI TWO
    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

    TRI THREE COMBINING VOWEL


    TETRA/QUAD FOUR
    MONO/UNI ONE  if the suffix starts with a consonant, a
    HEMI/SEMI HALF combining vowel needs to be used
    COLOR PREFIX  usually letter O
    ALBI/LEUKO WHITE
    LUTE YELLOW  the vowel does not change the
    CIRRHO TAWNY YELLOW meaning of the root word
    CYAN BLUE
     added between root word and suffix
    RUBE/ERYTHR RED
    O Examples:
    NIGR/MELANO BLACK
    hemat + logy = hematology

    SUFFIX – study of blood

     found at the terminal portion or at phlebo + tomy = phlebotomy


    the end of the term
    – venous blood extraction
     also denotes the meaning to the root
    PLURAL FORM
    word
     made by changing the end of the
    MEGALY ENLARGEMENT
    word
    URIA URINE
    EMIA BLOOD  not by adding s
    OSTOMY TO MAKE AN
    OPENING OR  follows the rule for irregular nouns
    MOUTH Examples:
    ECTOMY SURGICAL
    REMOVAL SINGULAR PLURAL
    GEN/GENERIC/GENO ORIGIN/CAUSE
    US
    bacterium bacteria
    ITIS INFLAMMATION
    OMA TUMOR/GROWTH
    nucleus nuclei
    PATHY ORIGIN/CAUSE
    OSIS CONDITION
    PLEGIA PARALYSIS thrombus thrombi
    STASIS CONTROL/STOPPI
    NG bacillus bacilli
    TOMY CUT
    ovum ova

    spermatozoon spermatozoa

    ROOTWORDS
    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

    cranio skull anaero without oxygen

    thrombo clot homo same, like

    pyro fever cryo cold

    nephro kidney neo new

    osteo bone
    SUFFIXES
    cardio heart
    itis inflammation of
    myo muscle
    megaly enlargement
    arterio artery
    blast young
    cyto cell
    cidal killing of
    arthro joint
    poiesis formation
    hepa/hepato liver
    meter measure
    pyo pus
    ectom surgical removal
    y
    PREFIXES
    emia blood condition
    iso same
    pathy disease
    micro small
    penia deficiency
    macro large
    oma tumor, growth
    pseudo false
    tome cutting instrument
    intra inside/within

    mono one ABBREVIATIONS

    nano billionth DOH Department of Health

    hypo decreased CHED Commission on Higher


    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

    Education

    Venereal Disease
    VDRL
    Research Laboratories

    Acquired
    AIDS Immunodeficiency
    Syndrome

    Acute Myocardial
    AMI
    Infarction

    BUN Blood Urea Nitrogen

    2 hours Post Prandial


    2ᴼPPBS
    Blood Sugar

    AFB Acid Fast Bacilli

    Philippine Council for


    PCQACL Quality Assurance in the
    Clinical Laboratories

    FBS Fasting Blood Sugar

    IV Intravenous

    Human Immunodeficiency
    HIV
    Virus

    IU International Unit

    ICU Intensive Care Unit

    K Potassium

    Na Sodium

    NPO Nothing per Orem

    BAP Blood Agar Plate

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