Medical Terminology Simplified

1–68 Whenever a prefix stands alone, it is identified with a hyphen after it, as in hyper-.When it is part of a word, the prefix ...

1–74 Use the technique for defining medical words, described above, to break the word gastr/o/enter/itis into its parts in order ...

Section Review 1–1 Review the pronunciation guidelines (located in the inside back cover of this book). Use them as a reference ...

Common Suffixes • CHAPTER 1 17 Suffix Term Meaning -centesis arthr/o/centesis surgical puncture of a joint surgical puncture ăr- ...

Diagnostic Suffixes Common suffixes associated with diagnostic procedures, their meanings, and an example of a related term are ...

Common Suffixes • CHAPTER 1 19 Pathological Suffixes Common suffixes associated with pathological (disease) conditions, their me ...

20 CHAPTER 1• Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building Suffix Term Meaning -malacia chondr/o/malacia soften ...

Common Suffixes • CHAPTER 1 21 Suffix Term Meaning -toxic hepat/o/toxic poison HĔP-ă-tō-tŏk-sĭk hepat/o: liver -trophy dys/troph ...

Section Review 1–2 Write the plural form for each of the following words and state the rule that applies. The first word is comp ...

Common Prefixes Common prefixes, their meanings, and an example of a related term are presented in the table that follows. First ...

24 CHAPTER 1• Introduction to Programmed Learning and Medical Word Building Prefix Term Meaning homo-, homeo- homo/graft same HŌ ...

Common Prefixes • CHAPTER 1 25 Prefix Term Meaning retro- retro/version backward, behind rĕt-rō-VĔR-shŭn -version: turning super ...

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27 CHAPTER 2 Body Structure Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: List and describe the basic struct ...

28 CHAPTER 2• Body Structure Cellular level Tissue level Organ level System level Organism level Figure 2-1Levels of structural ...

Basic Units of Structure • CHAPTER 2 29 Word Elements This section introduces combining forms (CFs) related to the basic structu ...

30 CHAPTER 2• Body Structure Word Element Meaning Word Analysis Suffixes -ad toward medi/ad(MĒ-dē-ăd): toward the middle or cent ...

31 SECTION REVIEW 2-1 For the following medical terms, first write the suffix and its meaning. Then translate the meaning of the ...

2–3 Recall that cyt/oand -cyteare used to form words that refer to a _______________. 2–4 A cyt/o/logist is usually a biologist ...

2–8 Practice building medical terms with dors/o, later/o,and ventr/o. Form medical terms that mean pertaining to the back (of bo ...