Welcome to BIOL 1102 Medical Terminology

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Welcome to BIOL 1102Medical Terminology

• Health-related issues are becoming more and more
  important in all our lives.
• Knowing more about the meaning of medical terms
  will aid in your understanding of the complex
  world of medicine the terms, the procedures,
  the technology, the diagnoses, and in your
  understanding of your own health.

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Ch. 1 Introduction and Basic Medical Words

• Prefix-
• a-
• atrophy
• pre-
• prenatal
• hypo-
• hypoxia

• -Suffix
• -ology
• biology
• -ectomy
• tonsilectomy
• -itis
• gastritis

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Root Word

• The main part of a word.
• Many times, a prefix, suffix, or another root
  word is added.
• tonsil
• tonsillectomy
• colon
• colonoscopy

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Compound word, combining form

• Compound word
• Two or more root words a suffix
• headache
• microbiology
• Combining form
• Add an o to the root word
• Adrenolumbar
• cardiovascular

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-ectomy

• Definition
• Examples
• Tympanectomy
• Hysterectomy
• appendectomy

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Excision/incision

• Excision of the tumor was performed on August 8,
  2000.
• Incision of the thoracic cavity revealed massive
  bloody edema.

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Become familiar with the terminology of body parts

• Appendo/appendico- Cervico-
• Recto/procto- Colpo-
• Ano-
• Opthalmo-
• Gingivo-
• Dento/odonto-
• Laryngo-
• Tracheo-
• Pneumo/pneumono-
• Gastro-
• Colo-
• Salpingo-
• Sigmoido-
• Hystero/metro-

• Cranio-
• Tympano-
• Pharyngo-
• Broncho-
• Dermo/dermato-
• Mammo/masto-
• Hepa/hepato-
• Cholecysto-
• Oophoro-
• Entero-
• Duodeno-
• Ileo-
• Jejuno-

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more body part terminology

• Cerebro-
• Encephalo-
• Cephalo-
• Neuro-
• Myelo-
• Phlebo/veno-
• Arterio-
• Costo-
• Chondro-
• Thoraco-
• Nephro/reno-
• Pyelo-
• Laparo/abdomino-
• Sacro-
• Urethro-

• Arthro-
• Osteo-
• Orchio/orchido-
• Rhino-
• Stomato-
• lingua/glosso-
• Cheilo-
• Myos/myo-
• Cardio-
• Spleno-
• Pancreato-
• Tendo/tendino-
• Spondylo-
• Uretero-
• Cysto-
• Prostato-

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Ch. 6 Plural Endings

• -a ? -ae
• Vertebra ? vertebrae
• -um ? -a
• Bacterium ? bacteria
• -us ? -I
• Bacillus ? bacilli
• -is ? -es
• Testis ? testes
• -ex, ix ? -es
• Appendix ? appendices
• -ma ? -mata
• Carcinoma ? carcinomata

• -inx ? -inges
• Meninx ? meninges
• -anx ? anges
• Phalanx ? phalanges
• -ur ? ora
• Femur ? femura
• -en ? ina
• Foramen ? foramina
• -an ? a
• Protozoan ? protozoa

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Ch. 7 Additional Prefixes

• a-/an-
• bio-
• brady-
• tachy-
• de-
• re-
• dia-
• hemi-
• hemo-

• hydro-
• hyper-
• hypo-
• lip-
• poly-
• pre-
• pro-
• post-

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more prefixes

• Acro-
• Aero-
• Aniso-
• Eu-
• Hetero-
• Homo-
• Iso-
• Mal-
• Megalo- (-megaly)

• Meno-
• Noct-/nyct-
• Pan-
• Sym-
• Syn-