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Medical Terminology. When writing down prognosis medical staff have to have a common language Or your medical file would read as: patient complaint was “tum-tum hurt” or “hard stuff was removed from stomach”
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Medical Terminology • When writing down prognosis medical staff have to have a common language • Or your medical file would read as: patient complaint was “tum-tum hurt” or “hard stuff was removed from stomach” • By using Latin prefixes, roots and suffixes the above conditions can be written in simple terms: dysgastro, gastroplasty
Medical Terminology • There are some rules though to using medical terminology • Prefixes and roots are put together with little alteration • When adding a suffix an O can be added to the root to make the word easier to pronounce • Add an O only when the suffix starts with a consonant
Medical Terminology • Using the medical language WS come up with terms for the following: • Ear pain • Muscle Harding • Swelling of the nose • Pain between the ribs • Study of nerves
Medical Terminology • What do these mean? • Dyscardiology • Myopathy • Intracardioplasty • Dysorhea • Perimyelopathy • Hypercolorhea • Myosclerosis
