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Building Medical Terms Word Root BUILDING MEDICAL TERMS Prefix Suffi x 1 Combining forms  Objectives OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you wi...

Building Medical Terms Word Root BUILDING MEDICAL TERMS Prefix Suffi x 1 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. Define common medical prefixes. Define common medical suffixes. Describe how word parts are put together to form words. 2  Forming Medical Terms FORMING MEDICAL TERMS Medical Term Word root Prefix Suffix Combining forms 3  Forming Medical Terms FMedical ORMING Mterms TERMS are EDICAL PART formed 2 two or more from word parts. Word Prefix Suffix root Word parts Word parts The main part attached to the of a word which attached to the beginning end of a word contains the that modifies basic meaning. of a word that modifies the the meaning. meaning. Combining A combining vowel that enable two parts to4 be connected.  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [ACANTH(O)] Combining Forms Meaning acanth (o) spiny, thorny actin (o) light aer (o) air; gas athero plaque; fatty substance bacill (i) bacilli; bacteria 5 bar (o) weight; pressure  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [BLAST(O)] Combining Forms Meaning Blast(o) immature cells carcin(o) cancer Chondr(o) cartilage cry(o) cold crypt(o) hidden cyan(o) blue 6  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [CYT(O)] Combining Forms Meaning cyt(o) cell dextr(o) right dips(o) thirst dors(o) back erythr(o) red sensation, esthesio 7 perception  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [GALACT(O)] Combining Forms Meaning Galact(o) milk Gluc(o) glucose Ger(o) old age Glyc(o) sugars Gyn(o) women Home(o) same 8  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [KINESI(O) Combining Forms Meaning kinesi(o) motion Lact(o) milk Leuk(o) white Lith(o) stone Narco sleep; numbness Necro death; dying 9  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [NOCT(O)] Combining Forms Meaning Noct(i) night Onc(o) tumor Path(o) disease Phag(o) eating Phon(o) sound; voice Pseud(o) false 10 pus Py(o)  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS Combining Forms [PYRO] Meaning pyro fever salping(o) tube schiz(o) split; division scler(o) hardening scolio crooked; bent somato body 11 spiro breath; breathe  Word Roots and WORD ROOTS Combining AND COMBININGForms FORMS [TEL(O)] Combining Forms Meaning tono tension; pressure tropho food; nutrition xanth(o) yellow Xer(o) Dry xerophthalmmia 12  Prefixes PREFIXES Prefix Prefixes are attached to the beginning of words. Modifies the meaning of the word or word root. Indicates size, quantity, position of, and location. 13  Prefixes Prefix (A–AUT) PREFIXES Meaning a without ab away from ana up, toward ante before anti against aut(0) self 14  Prefixes Prefix PREFIXES (BRACHY–HYPO) Meaning brachy short brady slow contra against dys abnormal; difficult hemi half hyper above normal 15 hypo below normal  Prefixes Prefix(INTER–PERI) Meaning PREFIXES inter between iso equal; same mal bad; inadequate meta after micr(o) small olig(o) few; little; scanty 16 peri around; about; near  Prefixes Prefix Meaning PREFIXES (PRO–UN) pro before; forward re again; backward retro behind; backward semi half supra above; over tachy fast 17 un not  Suffixes SUFFIXES Prefix Attaches to the end of the word and carries the underlying meaning of the word. 18  Suffixes Suffix (AD–CRINE) SUFFIXES Meaning -algia pain -asthenia weakness -blast immature; forming -cidal destroying; killing -clast breaking 19 -crine secreting  Suffixes Suffix (CRIT–ECTOMY) SUFFIXES Meaning -crit separate -cyte cell -cytosis condition of cells -derma skin -dynia pain -ectasis expanding; dilating 20 -ectomy removal of  Suffixes Suffix (EMESIS–GRAPHY) SUFFIXES Meaning -emesis vomiting -emia blood -esthesia sensation -globin protein -gram a recording -graph recording instrument 21 -graphy process of recording  Suffixes Suffix (IC–MALACIA) SUFFIXES Meaning -ic pertaining to -ism condition; disease -itis inflammation -kinesia movement -logist one who practices -lysis destruction of 22 -malacia softening  Suffixes Suffix Meaning SUFFIXES (MANIA-PATHY) -mania obsession -megaly enlargement -oid like; resembling -opia vision -ostomy opening -para bearing 23 -pathy disease  Suffixes Suffix (PENIA-PHRENIA) SUFFIXES Meaning -penia deficiency -pepsia digestion -pexy fixation -phage eating; devouring -phobia fear -phonia sound 24 -phrenia of the mind  Suffixes Suffix (PHYLAXIS-RRHAPHY) Meaning SUFFIXES -phylaxis protection -plasty surgical repair -plegia paralysis -pnea breath -ptosis falling down; drooping -rrhagia heavy discharge 25 -rrhaphy surgical suturing  Suffixes Suffix (RRHEXIS-TROPIA) SUFFIXES Meaning -rrhexis rupture -spasm contraction -stasis stopping; constant -stenosis narrowing -tomy cutting operation -trophy nutrition 26 -tropia turning  Apply Your Knowledge Using various word parts, build terms for the Afollowing PPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE meanings. Meaning Term Absence of blood anemia Bluish color of hands and feet cyanosis Fast heart. tachycardia Breakdown of sugar. glycolysis 27  Apply Your Knowledge AUsing PPLY Yvarious word parts, P OUR KNOWLEDGE build ART terms 2 for the following meanings. Meaning Term Decrease number of white blood cells. leukopenia Softening of bone. osteomalacia Inflammation of a vein. phlebitis neuralgia Nerve pain. Science of skin and its dermatology28 diseases. THANK YOU 29