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Building Medical Terms

Building Medical Terms. Building Medical Terms. Word Root. Prefix. Suffix. Combining forms. Objectives. Objectives. After studying this chapter, you will be able to:. Define the four word parts used to build medical terms. Define common medical combining forms.

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Building Medical Terms

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  1. Building Medical Terms Building Medical Terms Word Root Prefix Suffix Combining forms

  2. Objectives Objectives After studying this chapter, you will be able to: • Define the four word parts used to build medical terms. • Define common medical combining forms. • Define common medical prefixes. • Define common medical suffixes. • Describe how word parts are put together to form words.

  3. Forming Medical Terms Forming Medical Terms Medical Term Word root Suffix Prefix Combining forms

  4. Forming Medical Terms Part 2 Suffix Prefix Wordroot • Word parts attached to the end of a word that modifies the meaning. • Word parts attached to the beginning of a word that modifies the meaning. • The main part of a word which contains the basic meaning. Combining forms • The word root and a combining vowel that enable two parts to be connected. Forming Medical Terms Medical terms are formed from two or more word parts.

  5. Word Roots and Combining Forms [ACANTH(O)] spiny, thorny light air; gas plaque; fatty substance bacilli; bacteria weight; pressure Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning acanth (o) actin (o) aer (o) athero bacill (i) bar (o)

  6. Word Roots and Combining Forms [BLAST(O)] immature cells cancer cartilage cold hidden blue Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning blasto carcin(o) chrondro cry(o) crypt(o) cyan(o)

  7. Word Roots and Combining Forms [CYT(O)] cell right thirst back red sensation, perception Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning cyt(o) dextr(o) dips(o) dors(o) erythr(o) esthesio

  8. Word Roots and Combining Forms [GALACT(O)] milk glucose old age sugars women same movement Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning galact(o) gluco gero glyco gyn(o) home(o) kin(o)

  9. Word Roots and Combining Forms [KINESI(O) motion milk white stone smaller; less sleep; numbness death; dying Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning kinesi(o) lact(o) leuk(o) lith(o) mio narco necro

  10. Word Roots and Combining Forms [NOCT(O)] night tumor disease eating sound; voice false pus Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning noct(i) onco path(o) phago phon(o) pseud(o) pyo

  11. Word Roots and Combining Forms [PYRO] fever tube split; division hardening crooked; bent body breath; breathe Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning pyro salping(o) schiz(o) scler(o) scolio somato spiro

  12. Word Roots and Combining Forms [TEL(O)] distant; end; complete tension; pressure food; nutrition yellow stranger dry Word Roots and Combining Forms Combining Forms Meaning tel(o) tono tropho xanth(o) xeno Xer(o)

  13. Prefixes Suffix Word Root Prefix Prefixes • Prefixes are attached to the beginning of words. • Modifies the meaning of the word or word root. • Indicates size, quantity, position of, and location.

  14. Prefixes (a–aut) without away from both, around up, toward before against self Prefixes Prefix Meaning a ab ambi ana ante anti aut(0)

  15. Prefixes (brachy–hypo) short slow against abnormal; difficult half above normal below normal Prefixes Prefix Meaning brachy brady contra dys hemi hyper hypo

  16. Prefixes (inter–peri) between equal; same bad; inadequate after small few; little; scanty around; about; near Prefixes Meaning Prefix inter iso mal meta micr(o) olig(o) peri

  17. Prefixes (pro–un) before; forward again; backward behind; backward half above; over fast not Prefixes Prefix Meaning pro re retro semi supra tachy un

  18. Suffixes Suffix Word Root Prefix Suffixes • Attaches to the end of the word and carries the underlying meaning of the word. • Suffixes can also be combining forms.

  19. Suffixes (ad–crine) toward pain weakness immature; forming destroying; killing breaking secreting Suffixes Suffix Meaning -ad -algia -asthenia -blast -cidal -clast -crine

  20. Suffixes (crit–ectomy) separate cell condition of cells skin pain expanding; dilating removal of Suffixes Suffix Meaning -crit -cyte -cytosis -derma -dynia -ectasis -ectomy

  21. Suffixes (emesis–graphy) vomiting blood sensation protein a recording recording instrument process of recording Suffixes Suffix Meaning -emesis -emia -esthesia -globin -gram -graph -graphy

  22. Suffixes (ic–malacia) pertaining to condition; disease inflammation movement one who practices destruction of softening Suffixes Suffix Meaning -ic -ism -itis -kinesia -logist -lysis -malacia

  23. Suffixes (mania-pathy) obsession enlargement like; resembling vision opening bearing disease Suffixes Suffix Meaning -mania -megaly -oid -opia -ostomy -para -pathy

  24. Suffixes (penia-phrenia) deficiency digestion fixation eating; devouring fear sound of the mind Suffixes Suffix Meaning -penia -pepsia -pexy -phage -phobia -phonia -phrenia

  25. Suffixes (phylaxis-rrhaphy) protection surgical repair paralysis breath falling down; drooping heavy discharge surgical suturing Suffixes Suffix Meaning -phylaxis -plasty -plegia -pnea -ptosis -rrhagia -rrhaphy

  26. Suffixes (rrhexis-tropia) rupture contraction stopping; constant narrowing cutting operation nutrition turning Suffixes Suffix Meaning -rrhexis -spasm -stasis -stenosis -tomy -trophy -tropia

  27. Apply Your Knowledge Apply Your Knowledge Using various word parts, build terms for the following meanings. Meaning Term anemia • Absence of blood • Bluish color of hands and feet • Equal vision in both eyes. • Fast heart. • Breakdown of sugar. cyanosis isopia tachycardia glycolysis

  28. Apply Your Knowledge Part 2 Apply Your Knowledge Using various word parts, build terms for the following meanings. Meaning Term leukopenia • Lack of white blood cells. • Softening of bone. • Inflammation of a vein. • Nerve pain. • Science of skin and its diseases. osteomalacia phlebitis neuralgia dermatology

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