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Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes and Suffixes. Chapters 2 & 3. 1. Color Coding of word parts:. From now on you will see: all WORD ROOTS highlighted in PURPLE all COMBINING VOWELS highlighted in RED all SUFFIXES highlighted in BLUE all PREFIXES highlighted in GREEN.

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Prefixes and Suffixes

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  1. Prefixes and Suffixes • Chapters 2 & 3 1

  2. Color Coding of word parts: • From now on you will see: • all WORD ROOTS highlighted in PURPLE • all COMBINING VOWELS highlighted in RED • all SUFFIXES highlighted in BLUE • all PREFIXES highlighted in GREEN

  3. Medical Terms that are constructed from parts • To review, medical terms that are constructed from parts may include: • Word Roots • Prefixes • Suffixes • One or more Combining Vowels (usually an “o” or an “i”

  4. Prefix: a beginning • Always attaches to the BEGINNING of a word • **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a prefix always remains the same.

  5. PREFIXES: • Prefixes express: Numbers, measurements, position, direction, negatives, and color

  6. Prefixes that express NUMBERS: • Bi- • Tri- • Uni- • Primi- • Semi- • Tetra- • Quadri- • Milli-

  7. Prefixes that express MEASUREMENTS: • Hyper- • Hyp/hypo- • Multi- • Poly-

  8. Prefixes that express POSITION or DIRECTION • Ab- • Ad- • Ambi- • Ante- • Circum- • Endo-

  9. Prefixes that express COLOR: • albino- • Cyan- • chlor- • Erythr- • Leuk- • Melan/o- • Cirrh/o-

  10. Prefixes that express NEGATIVES: • A- • An- • Ana- • Anti- • Contra- • Dis-

  11. Suffix: an ending • Always attaches to the END of a word • Makes a word a noun or an adjective • **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a suffix always remains the same.

  12. Suffixes: Noun or an adjective • Suffixes usually make a word a:

  13. Let’s look at more Noun Suffixes! Examples: Cyanoderma Radiographer Psychologist Albinism • These suffixes make • words into Nouns: • -a • -er • -ist • -ism

  14. Suffixes- Adjective endings • In medical terminology, suffixes are what change a word to be an adjective (or a noun, as we saw earlier). • What follows next is a list of the most common • “Adjective Suffixes”

  15. Suffixes – Adjective endings • -ac • -al • -ar • -ic • -ical • -ile • -ory • -ous • -tic All of these suffixes mean the same thing: PERTAINING TO

  16. Let’s see them used in examples: “cardiac” = pertaining to the heart “duodenal” = pertaining to the duodenum “ventricular” = pertaining to the ventricle “thoracic” = pertaining to the thorax “neurological” = pertaining to the nerves/brain “febrile” = pertaining to fever “auditory” = pertaining to hearing “venous” = pertaining to veins “cyanotic” = pertaining to blueness • -ac • -al • -ar • -ic • -ical • -ile • -ory • -ous • -tic

  17. Pronunciation Practice • Apnea • Hemiplegia • Intercostal • Intravenous • Primigravida • Anemia • Osteoblast • Epilepsy • Tonometry Hemolytic Autism Arachnophobia Lipoma Lithotripsy Colostomy Dyspnea

  18. The End

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