medical terminology copyright 2011 phlebotomy geeks. all rights reserved introduction chapter 1

Medical Terminology

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Introduction Chapter 1


• Identify the roles of the four types of word parts used in forming medical terms

• use knowledge of word parts to analyze unfamiliar medical terms

• describe the steps in locating a term in a medical dictionary

• define the commonly used word roots, combining forms, suffixes and prefixes

• recognize the importance of spelling medical terms correctly

• state why caution is important when using abbreviations

Objectives


• Word Root: the word part that usually indicates the part of the body involved.

• Combining Form: a word root that has a vowel added to the end.

• Suffix: the word part attached at the end of a word that usually indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease.

• Prefix: the word part attached at the beginning of a word that usually indicates location, time, number, or status.

Introduction


o -algia pain or painful condition

o dys- bad, difficult or painful

o -ectomy surgical removal

o hyper- excessive or increased

o hypo- deficient or decreased

o -itis inflammation

o -osis abnormal condition or disease


o -ostomy the surgical creation of an artificial opening

o -plasty surgical repair

o -rrhage bleeding or abnormal excessive fluid discharge

o -rrhaphy surgical suturing

o -rrhea flow, abnormal discharge

o -rrhexis rupture

o -sclerosis abnormal hardening


• Word root: contains the basic meaning of the term

• Combining form: used when a suffix beginning with a consonant is added

• Suffix: comes at the end of a word (usually indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease)

• Prefix: comes at the beginning of a word (usually indicates the location, time, number, or status)

The four types of word parts:


• A word root cannot stand alone. A suffix must always be added at the end of the word to complete the term

• the rules for creating a combining form by adding a vowel apply when a suffix, beginning with a consonant is added to a word root

Word Part Guidelines


• cyan/o: blue• erythr/o: red• leuk/o: white• melan/o: black• poli/o: gray

Word parts indicating color


• When to word words are joined a combining vowel is always added between the two word roots

• a combining vowel is used with the second word root only if the suffix begins with a consonant

• a combining form is used when a suffix begins with a consonant

• a combining form is not used when the suffix begins with a vowel

Rules for using combining forms


• -a• -e• -um• -us• -y

Suffixes is as noun endings


• -ac• -al• -an• -ar• -ary• -eal• -ical• -ial• -ic• -ine

• -ior• -ory• -ous• -tic

Suffixes meaning pertaining to


• -ago• -esis• -ia• -iasis• -ion• -ism• -osis

Suffixes meaning abnormal condition


• -algia = pain and suffering• -dynia = pain• -itis = inflammation• -megaly = enlargement• -malacia = abnormal softening• -necrosis = tissue death• -sclerosis = abnormal hardening• -stenosis = abnormal narrowing

Suffixes related to pathology


• -centesis = a surgical puncture to remove fluid• -graphy = the process of producing a picture or

record• -gram = a picture or record• -plasty = surgical repair• -scopy = visual examination

Suffixes is related to procedures


• -rrhage and -rrhagia = bleeding (usually to describe sudden severe bleeding)

NOTE: --rrhage = abnormal excessive fluid loss or discharge• -rrhaphy = surgical suturing to close a wound• -rrhea = flow or discharge (usually pertaining to

most body fluids)• -rrhexis = rupture

The "Double R" suffixes


• Added to the beginning of a word to influence the meaning of the term

• usually indicates location, time or number

Prefixes


Prefixes describing direction, quantity, size

and amount

ab- away from, negative, absent

ad- toward, to in the direction of

dext/ro = right side sinistr/o = left side

ex- out of, outside, away from

in- in, into, not without

macro- large, abnormal size, or long

Micr/o, micro = tiny, small (microscopic)

mega, megal/o- large, great

olig/o = scanty, few

pre - before post- after, behind


Contrasting prefixesab- away from (absent)

ad- toward, in the direction of

dys- bad, difficult, painful

eu- good, normal, well, or easy

hyper- increased, excessive

hypo- decreased, deficient

inter- between or among (interstate)

intra- within or inside

sub- under, less, or below

super-, supra- above or excessive


Guideline Singular Plural

If the singular term ends in the suffix -a, the plural is usually formed by changing the ending to -ae

bursavertebra

bursaevertebrae

If the singular term ends in the suffix-ex or -ix, the plural is usually formed by changing these endings to -ices

appendixindex

appendicesindices

If the singular term ends in the suffix -is, the plural is usually formed by changing the ending to -es

diagnosismetasis

diagnosesmetastases

It's a singular term ends in the suffix --itis, the plural is usually formed by changing the -is ending to -ides

arthritismeningitis

arthritidesmeningitides

If the singular term ends in the suffix -nx, the plural is usually formed by changing the -x ending to-ges

phalanxmeninx

phalangesmeninges


Guideline Singular Plural

If the singular term ends in the suffix –on, the plural is usually formed by changing the ending to -a

criterionganglion

criteriaganglia

If the singular term ends in the suffix –um, the plural is usually formed by changing the ending to - a

diverticulumovum

diverticulaova

If the singular term ends in the suffix –us, the plural is usually formed by changing the ending to -i

alveolusmalleolus

alveolimalleoli


A sign is objective evidence of disease. Objective mean the sign can be evaluated or measured by the patient and/or others

A symptom is subjective evidence of a disease. Subjective means that it can be evaluated a measured only by the person experiencing it.

A syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.


A diagnosis (DX) is the identification of a disease.

A differential diagnosis (D/DX), also known as rule out (R/O) is the attempt to determine which one of several diseases could be causing the signs and symptoms that the patient is presenting with

A syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a prognosis is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorderspecific disease process.


An acute condition has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a short duration

A chronic condition is of a long-duration. These diseases and disorders and can be controlled, but are rarely cured

A remission is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms associated with a disease without having achieved a cure


A disease is a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally. Some are named for their signs and symptoms.

An eponym is a disease, structure, operation or procedure named after the person who discovered or described it first.

An acronym is a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term


Test your knowledge

What is the meaning of –ectomy?

Surgical removal


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What is the meaning of –megaly?

enlargement


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What is the meaning of –algia?

Pain or suffering


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What is the meaning of –hyper?

Excessive, increased


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What is the meaning of –hypo?

Deficient, decreased


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What is the meaning of –itis?

Inflammation


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What is the meaning of necrosis?

Tissue death


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What is the meaning of -ostomy?

The surgical creation of an artificial opening


Test your knowledge

What is the meaning of -otomy?

Surgical incision, cutting


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What is the meaning of -scopy?

Visual examination


Test your knowledge

What is the meaning of melan/o?

Black


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What is the meaning of leuko/o?

White


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What is the meaning of erythr/o?

Red


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What is the meaning of poli/o?

Gray


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