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Orientation to Veterinary Science

Orientation to Veterinary Science. Mrs. Debbie Swarens, RVT, BS, MA Animal Science 401. Medical Terminology. Introduction to Word Parts Word Roots Suffixes Prefixes Parts of Speech Plural Formation. This is a word-building system

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Orientation to Veterinary Science

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  1. Orientation to Veterinary Science Mrs. Debbie Swarens, RVT, BS, MA Animal Science 401

  2. Medical Terminology • Introduction to Word Parts • Word Roots • Suffixes • Prefixes • Parts of Speech • Plural Formation

  3. This is a word-building system • By using a few word parts, you can build thousands of words. • A words have a word root: • Trans/port • Ex/port • Im/port • Sup/port • The word root is port.

  4. Suf/fix Pre/fix Af/fix Fix/ation The word root is: fix Gastr/itis Gastr/ectomy Gastr/ic The root word is: gastr More examples:

  5. In the textbook, a slash mark “/” is used to divide words into their word parts: gastr/ o/ duoden/ ostomy Word rootcombiningword rootsuffix vowel GASTRODUODENOSTOMY

  6. MICR O MICR/O GASTR/O DUODEN/O SCOPY GASTRODUODENOSCOPY COMBINING: + = Word root vowel Combining form + + = Combining form Suffix Combining form Compound word

  7. DERMATITIS WORD BUILDING: • Use a word root, not a combining form, when joining a word root with a suffix or another word root that begins with a vowel: • A • E • I • O • U + ITIS = DERMAT Word root suffix

  8. Suffixes Micro = small The combining form “micr/o” used with different suffixes: • Micr/o/scope – an instrument to see small things • Micr/o/surgery – surgery using a microscope • Micr/o/meter – device used to measure small things

  9. Suffixes Hydro = water The combining form “hydr/o” used with different suffixes: • Hydr/o/phobia – fear of water • Hydr/o/cele – fluid in a saclike cavity • Hydr/o/therapy – treatment using water

  10. Nouns osis ia us um e us Adjectives otic ic ous ac ar al Parts of Speech Word root: cyan/ anem/ muc/ ili/ condyl/ carp/

  11. Nouns: cyanosis anemia mucus ilium condyle carpus Adjectives: cyanotic anemia mucous iliac condylar carpal Parts of Speech • Definition • condition of blueness • lack of blood • watery substance • produced by a membrane • upper pelvic bone • rounded bony process • wrist bone

  12. Singular Suffixes: on ma is nx a us um is ex ix ax Plural Suffixes: a mata es ges ae i a es ices ices aces Singular/Plural

  13. Singular: spermatozoon ganglion carcinoma lipoma crisis prognosis Plural: spermatozoa ganglia carcinomata lipomata crises prognoses Singular/Plural

  14. protozoan sarcoma diagnosis protozoa sarcomata diagnoses What’s the Plural Form?

  15. Singular: vertebra conjunctiva bacillus bronchus testis ilium bacterium Plural: vertebrae conjunctivae bacilli bronchi testes ilia bacteria Singular/Plural

  16. coccus calcaneum vertex cervix thorax cocci calcanea vertices cervices thoraces What’s the Plural Form?

  17. Prefix: ex- ex- dis- dis- New Word: extension express displease disease • Word: • tension • press • please • ease ex- means either “from” or “out from” dis- means “reversal” or “separation”

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