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What does the prefix 'anti' in antigen mean?
What does the prefix 'hyper' in hypertrophic mean?
What is the root in the term subcutaneous?
Cutane/o
What is the suffix in the term costochondritis?
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How is the syllable 'cy' in cyanosis pronounced?
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Which two ancient languages make up the majority of medical language?
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What do the suffixes -algia and -dynia mean?
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What does the suffix -graph translate to?
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What does the suffix -emia mean?
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What is the meaning of the suffix -logy?
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What does the root hydr/o mean?
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What does the suffix -oma mean?
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What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?
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What does the suffix -rrhexis mean?
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What does the suffix -spasm mean?
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What is the root in the term tachycardia?
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When putting medical terms together, you do not use a combining vowel to join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel.
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What is a proper breakdown of the word parts in the term hemarthrosis?
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What is the proper translation of angiogram?
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What is the proper translation of gastritis?
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Which term represents a medical term built with the root and suffix vas/o + spasm?
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What term means 'instrument for looking into a joint'?
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What term means 'surgical reconstruction of a vessel'?
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Which of the following prefixes are opposites?
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Which of the following prefixes are opposites?
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What does gen/o mean?
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What does hydr/o mean?
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What does morph/o mean?
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What does necr/o mean?
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What does orth/o mean?
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What does path/o mean?
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What does phag/o mean?
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What does plas/o mean?
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What is added to the beginning of a term?
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When is a combining vowel used?
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Which prefixes mean 'against'?
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What does logy mean?
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What does algia mean?
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What does emia mean?
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What does itis mean?
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What does iatry mean?
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What does ante mean?
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What does brady mean?
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What does tachy mean?
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What does post mean?
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What does re mean?
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What is an eponym?
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What is the ending that gives essential meaning to the term?
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Which languages serve as the foundation of medical language?
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When is a combining vowel used?
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What does xer/o mean?
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What does xen/o mean?
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What does myc/o mean?
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What does troph/o mean?
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What does sten/o mean?
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What does scler/o mean?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology Basics
- Prefix "anti" means "against" (e.g., antigen)
- Prefix "hyper" means "over" (e.g., hypertrophic)
- Prefix "brady" means "slow," while "tachy" means "fast"; these terms are opposites
- Prefix "hypo" also indicates "under" or "below normal"
Understanding Medical Roots
- Root "cutane/o" signifies "skin" (e.g., subcutaneous)
- Root "hydro" refers to "water" (e.g., hydr/o)
- Root "cardi" means "heart" (e.g., tachycardia)
- Root "gen/o" indicates "creation"
- Root "necr/o" signifies "death"
- Root "morph/o" means "change"
- Root "scler/o" implies "hard."
- Root "phag/o" means "eat"
- Root "plas/o" refers to "formation"
Medical Suffixes
- Suffix "-itis" denotes "inflammation" (e.g., costochondritis)
- Suffixes "-algia" and "-dynia" both refer to "pain"
- Suffix "-oma" indicates "tumor"
- Suffix "-rrhaphy" means "suture"
- Suffix "-rrhexis" signifies "rupture"
- Suffix "-spasm" refers to "involuntary contraction"
- Suffix "-emia" translates to "blood condition"
- Suffix "-graph" denotes "instrument used to produce a record"
- Suffix "-logy" signifies "study of"
- Suffix "-iatry" relates to "medical science"
- Suffix "-megaly" means "enlargement"
Combinations and Terminology
- When forming medical terms, a combining vowel is used to join a root to another root or to a suffix that begins with a consonant.
- No combining vowel is used when joining a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel.
- Proper breakdown of "hemarthrosis" is hem/arthr/osis.
- Correct construction from root "vas/o" and suffix "-spasm" forms "vasospasm."
Language of Medicine
- Medical language is primarily derived from Greek and Latin.
- An eponym is formed by using the name of an inventor or discoverer.
- The prefix is the part added to the beginning of a term, whereas the suffix gives essential meaning.
Other Key Terms
- Suffix "ante" signifies "before."
- Suffix "post" means "after."
- Suffix "re" indicates "again."
- Prefix "xeno" refers to "foreign."
- Prefix "xer/o" translates to "dry."
- Prefix "sten/o" means "narrowing."
- Term "arthroscope" means "instrument for looking into a joint."
- Term "angioplasty" refers to "surgical reconstruction of a vessel."
- Term "gastritis" translates to "inflammation of the stomach."
- Term “angiogram” refers to a "record of the blood vessels."
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