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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Medicine and Its Specialties: Using Combining Forms to Build Terms about Medical Specialties. Lesson 2.1: Medicine and its Specialties. Recognize prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and word roots in medical words.

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2 Medicine and Its Specialties: Using Combining Forms to Build Terms about Medical Specialties

  2. Lesson 2.1: Medicine and its Specialties • Recognize prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and word roots in medical words. • Write the meanings of the word parts and use them to build and analyze terms. • Match medical specialists with the areas in which they specialize or write the health professions when given their descriptions. • Identify the specialty associated with various medical conditions.

  3. Suffixes: Specialists or Specialities -logist one who studies; specialist -logy study or science of

  4. Suffixes: Specialists or Specialties(cont.) -er, -ist one who -iatrician practitioner -iatrics, -iatry medical profession or treatment

  5. Suffixes: “Pertaining To” -ac, -al, -ic -logic, -logical

  6. Combining Forms: Selected Medical Specialties cardi(o) heart crin(o) to secrete; endo- means inside -crine to secrete dermat(o) skin esthesi(o) sensation, an- means not gastr(o) stomach enter(o) intestines

  7. Combining Forms: Selected Medical Specialties (cont.) gynec(o) female obstetr(o) midwife immun(o) immune ne(o) new nat(o) birth neur(o) nerve ger(a), ger(o) and geront(o) elderly

  8. Figure 2-2 from Seidel HM, Ball JW, Dains JE, Benedict GW: Mosby’s Guide To Physical Examination, ed 4, St. Louis, 1999, Mosby

  9. Figure 2-4 From Thibodeau GA, Patton KT: Anatomy & Physiology, 6th ed., St. Louis, 2007, Mosby/Elsevier.

  10. Quick Quiz! What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? • A psychologist is a medical doctor. • A psychiatrist is a medical doctor. • A psychologist prescribes medicine. • They are the same.

  11. Combining Forms: Selected Medical Specialties, (cont.) onc(o) tumor ophthalm(o) eye orth(o) straight ped(o) child or foot ot(o) ear laryng(o) larynx (voicebox) path(o) disease

  12. Figure 2-5 From Seidel HM, Ball JW, Dains JE, Benedict GW: Mosby’s Guide To Physical Examination, ed 5, St. Louis, 2003, Mosby.

  13. Combining Forms: Selected Medical Specialties (cont.) ped(o) child psych(o) mind radi(o) radiation rheumat(o) rheumatism rhin(o) nose ur(o) urinary tract (sometimes urine)

  14. Figure 2-3 Ballinger PW, Frank ED: Merrill’s atlas of radiographic positions and radiologic procedures, vol 1, ed 9, St Louis, 1999, Mosby.

  15. Surgery • plastic surgery • neurosurgery, neurosurgeon • orthopedic surgeon

  16. Family practice (general practitioner) • Primary health care provider • Internal medicine, internist

  17. emergency medicine, triage • epidemiologist (epidemic) • forensic medicine • preventive medicine

  18. benign vs. malignant • carcinomas, remission • acute vs. chronic

  19. Lesson 2.2 Other Health Professions • List five categories for classifying medical terms used in this book. • Match health professions presented in this chapter with their descriptions or write health professions when given the descriptions. • Spell medical terms accurately. • Write the meaning of the abbreviations, including those in a health report. • Pronounce medical terms correctly using the phonetic system in this book.

  20. Physician assistant (PA)

  21. Nursing • registered nurse (RN) • licensed practical nurse (LPN) • licensed vocational nurse (LVN) • nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, nurse educator, nurse anesthetist

  22. pharmac(o) means drugs • pharmacology • pharmacist • pharmacy • Institute for Safe Medication Practices: www.ismp.org • Pharmacology information on the CD

  23. bi(o) means life or living • biohazard • medical laboratory personnel • medical technologists, medical technicians, laboratory assistants

  24. rehabilitation medicine • therapeut(o) means therapy • therapeutic • physical therapist

  25. Quick Quiz! Which term means the disappearance of malignant characteristics? • remission • carcinoma • oncology • roentgenology

  26. Figure 2-8 From Gerdin J: Health careers today, ed 4 St Louis, 2007, Mosby.

  27. Figure 2-9 From Ignatavicius MS, Workman ML: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical thinking for collaborative care, ed 5, 2006, Philadelphia, Saunders.

  28. radiologic technologist • respiratory therapist • medical records, medical transcription • dietetics, dietician

  29. dent(i), dent(o), odont(o) • dentistry, dentist, orthodontist • or(o) • oral surgery

  30. opt(o), optic(o) • optometry, optometrist, optician

  31. Medical Records • patient (Pt) • inpatient (IP), outpatient (OP) • date of birth (DOB) • social security number (SSN) • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

  32. Medical Records (cont.) • history (Hx), chief complaint (CC) • history of present illness (HPI) • family history (FH), past medical history (PMH) • review of systems (ROS)

  33. Medical Records (cont.) • history and physical (H&P) • physical examination (PE) • vital signs (VS) • diagnosis (Dx) • treatment (Tx)

  34. Categories of Medical Terms • Anatomy • Diagnostic • Pathology • Surgery • Therapy

  35. Quick Quiz! What does the abbreviation HPI mean? • health portability of insurance • history of past illness • history of the present illness • history, physical, illness

  36. Abbreviations • MD • ED, ER • ENT • GP • OB, Gyn • OR

  37. Abbreviations (cont.) • ADL • LPN • LVN • PA • PT • RN

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