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Welcome to Business 86 Medical Terminology

Welcome to Business 86 Medical Terminology. Medical Terminology INTRODUCTION Instructor: Janet Gower R.N. Los Medanos College jgowerlmc@gmail.com (jggower@aol.com- Insite portal). Medical Terminology Syllabus. 1. Introduction 2. Pretest

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Welcome to Business 86 Medical Terminology

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  1. Welcome to Business 86Medical Terminology Medical Terminology INTRODUCTION Instructor: Janet Gower R.N. Los Medanos College jgowerlmc@gmail.com (jggower@aol.com- Insite portal)

  2. Medical Terminology Syllabus • 1. Introduction • 2. Pretest Complete the pretest without looking up the answers. This should be completed for homework. Please don’t forget to let me know why you are taking this class. • 3. Course Outline • Description • Content • Evaluation • Text and materials required • Recommended materials

  3. Class Schedule • Review of the schedule • Calendar-Dates

  4. Why do Health Care Providers Learn Medical Language? TAH c BSO __

  5. TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY

  6. TOTAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS, BOTH FALLOPIAN TUBES AND BOTH OVARIES

  7. Lesson #1 • Take out your book-How to use the book- Appendicies A-G, Index, the last page and inside cover • Chapter 1,Basic Elements of a Medical Word-Lecture pages 2-12 • Flashcard instruction and other memorization techniques

  8. Elements of a medical word- • Specialized vocabulary used by health care providers • Medical words composed of word elements, also known as word parts, and consisting of some or all of the following elements: • Word root (WR) • Combining form (CF) • Suffix • Prefix

  9. 1 • Word Root (WR) • Foundation of the word that contains its main meaning • Usually from Latin or Greek language • At least one word root in most medical words

  10. Examples of words with roots • hepat in hepat/itis • tonsillin tonsill/ectomy • gastrin gastr/oma • laryngin laryng/itis

  11. 2 • Combining Form (CF) • Created when a word root is combined with a vowel, known as a combining vowel • Combining vowel usually an o, but sometimes an ior an e • Difficulty pronouncing certain combinations of word roots requires insertion of a vowel • No meaning of its own, but a combining vowel enables two or more word elements to be connected

  12. Examples of words with CFs • mamm/o in mamm/o/gram • psych/o in psych/o/logy • laryng/o in laryng/o/spasm • hepat/o in hepat/o/megaly

  13. 3 • Suffix • Word element at the end of a word • Changes the meaning of a medical word • Contained in most medical words • Usually an indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech

  14. Examples of words with suffixes • -ectomy in append/ectomy • -itis in appendic/itis • -oma in neur/oma • -tomy in crani/o/tomy • -scope in gastr/o/scope • -oma in gastr/oma

  15. 4 • Prefix • Word element at the beginning of a word • Many the same as those used in the English language • Changes the meaning of a medical word • Not contained in all medical words • Usually an indication of a number, time, position, measurement, direction, or negation

  16. Examples of words with prefixes • hyper- in hyper/tension • hemi- in hemi/plegia • epi- in epi/derm/al • post- in post/nat/al • inter- in inter/cost/al

  17. Three rules for building medical words • Rule 1: A WR links a suffix that begins with a vowel. • Rule 2: A CF links a suffix that begins with a consonant. • Rule 3: A CF links a root to another root to form a compound word. • Rule 3 holds true even if the next root begins with a vowel, as in gastr/o/intestin/al.

  18. Determine which of the three rules for building medical words applies to the following terms. • arthr/itis • gastr/o/intestin/al • hepat/o/cyte

  19. arthr/itis — Rule 1: A root links a suffix that begins with a vowel. • gastr/o/intestin/al — Rule 3: A CF links a root to another root to form a compound word; a root links a suffix that begins with a vowel. • hepat/o/cyte — Rule 2: A CF links a suffix that begins with a consonant.

  20. Three steps for defining medical words • Define the suffix first. • Define the first part of the word (WR, CF, or prefix). • Define the middle part of the word (WR or CF).

  21. Examples • gastr/itis: • oste/o/arthr/itis: • poly/neur/itis:

  22. gastr/itis: inflammation of the stomach • oste/o/arthr/itis: inflammation of the bone and joint • poly/neur/itis: inflammation of many nerves

  23. Diacritical marks and capitalization used to aid pronunciation of terms throughout the text and to help you understand pronunciation marks used in most dictionaries • Pronunciation guidelines are located on the inside back cover of the textbook

  24. Syllabus-Worksheet #1 page 7 • 1. What is a suffix? • 2. Give an example of a word root. • 3. Give an example of a combining form • 4. -Algia is an example of a__________ and means__________. • 5. Give an example of a prefix___________. • 6. Define the suffixes and prefixes, denote whether the element is a suffix or a prefix (use your book) Examples: -dynia-S, pain hyper- (P) excessive

  25. Worksheet # 1 continued- page 7 -ectasis -scopy -tomy hypo- -rrhea dys- intra- sub- poly- -itis -plasty -megaly -osis -centesis -ectomy -malacia -graphy -stenosis -stomy -al

  26. Flashcard Instruction Side One Side Two -centesis surgical puncture

  27. Another way to memorize-

  28. Cover up the right side

  29. Write the answers

  30. Extra Words for Flashcards (make flashcards for these elements from pg. 8 syllabus) later/o side melan/o black cirrh/o yellow hydr/o water hidr/o sweat erythr/o red chlor/o green cyan/o blue leuk/o white purpur/o purple dextr/o right sinistr/o left scler/o hardening ventr/o belly side, front dors/o back side, back ambi- both sides -poiesis formation, growth -philia attraction -oid resembling -ultra excessive, beyond -para to bear offspring -paresis partial paralysis

  31. Abbreviation Set 1 • 1. CBC- complete blood count • 2. UA- urinalysis • 3. STAT- immediately • 4. p.r.n.- as needed, as required • 5. ABG- arterial blood gases • 6. bid- two times a day • 7. tid- three times a day • 8. hs- hours of sleep, bed time

  32. 9. p- after • 10. a- before • 11. pc- after meals • 12. ac- before meals • 13. c- with • 14. s- without • 15. ADL- activities of daily living NOTE: q, qod, qid, qd are abbreviations that in some hospitals are being deleted due to the confusion they can cause

  33. Term Plus CDprovided with your book • Student Instruction

  34. www.engrade.com • Student Evaluation

  35. www.fadavis.comOn-line Resources • Student Instruction

  36. Homework #1Check Class Schedule • Complete (if not completed in class) pages 7, 10-12 (syllabus) • Complete all activities for chapter one pages 7-12 (book) • Make flashcards for suffixes-book pages 15-21and pg. 8 extra words- syllabus • Read pages 14-21 (book) • Term Plus CD- Surgical Suffixes (print results) • www.fadavis.com study questions for chapter 1-book • Access www.engrade.com account • Questions? PLEASE NOTE: EMAIL ADDRESS jggower@aol.com is linked to LMC Insite Portal

  37. Medical Language Lab

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