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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Cardio-. MRI. Tonsilectomy. ICU. Biopsy. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. Orthodontist. Bilateral salpingoopherectomy. Hernia. EKG. STAT. FOUR. Four Word Parts. 4. Root Word. It is the core of the word . It contains the fundamental meaning of the word. Root Word. Player…………..play/er

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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  1. Cardio- MRI Tonsilectomy ICU Biopsy MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Orthodontist Bilateral salpingoopherectomy Hernia EKG STAT

  2. FOUR Four Word Parts 4

  3. Root Word It is the core of the word. It contains the fundamental meaning of the word.

  4. Root Word

  5. Player…………..play/er Arthritis………..arthr/itis Hepatitis……….hepat/itis

  6. Suffix It is a word part attached to the end of the root word to modify its meaning.

  7. Player……………………..play/er Hepatic……………………hepat/ic -ic means pertaining to Hepatitis…………………hepat/itis -itis means inflammation Most medical terms have a suffix.

  8. Prefix It is a word part attached to the beginning of a root word to modify its meaning.

  9. Replay……………………………………….re/play Subhepatic………………………………..sub/hepat/ic sub is the prefix for under Intravenous……………………………….intra/ven/ous intra is the prefix meaning within ven is the root word for vein ous is the suffix meaning pertaining to

  10. Combining Vowel Between two root words Between a root word and a suffix to ease pronunciation Not used between a prefix and a word root Usually an O

  11. Combining Form A root word with the combining vowel attached, separated by a vertical slash Arthr/o Oste/o Ven/o

  12. Osteoarthropathy

  13. Oste/o/arthr/o/pathy

  14. WR CV WR CV S Oste/o/arthr/o/pathy ---------------- -------------------- CF CF Disease of bone and joint

  15. Epidermal Above skin

  16. Prefix root word suffix Epi/derm/al Above skin characterized by

  17. WR CV WR S Cerebr/o/spin/al Leading from the cerebellum to the spinal cord.

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