Medical Terminology: Exam 1 (Ch. 1-3)

Medical Terminology: Exam 1 (Ch. 1-
3)
Root - -The fundamental unit of each medical word and it establishes its
meaning.

- Suffix - -Added at the end of a root to modify its meaning.

- Prefix - -Added before the root to modify its meaning.

- Compound Words - -Contain more than one root.

- Combining Form - -Roots shown with a combining vowel.

- Acronym - -An abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a
phrase.

- -ia - -suffix; meaning "condition of"

- -ism - -suffix; meaning, "condition of"

- -sis - -suffix; meaning, "condition of"

- -y - -suffix; meaning, "condition of"

- -ian - -suffix; meaning, "specialist in a field of study"

- -iatrics - -suffix; meaning, "medical specialty"

- -iatry - -suffix; meaning, "medical specialty"

- -ics - -suffix; meaning, "medical specialty"

- -ist - -suffix; meaning, "specialist in a field of study"

- -logy - -suffix; meaning, "study of"

- -ac - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -al - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ar - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ary - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

, - -form - -suffix; meaning, "like or resembling"

- -ic - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ical - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ile - -suffix; meaning "pertaining to"

- -oid - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ory - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- -ous - -suffix; meaning, "pertaining to"

- Pleural ending for "a" - -ae

- Pleural ending for "en" - -ina

- Pleural ending for "ex, ix, yx" - -ices

- Pleural ending for "is" - -es

- Pleural ending for "ma" - -mata

- Pleural ending for "nx, anx, inx, ynx" - -nges

- Pleural ending for "on" - -a

- Pleural ending for "um" - -a

- Pleural ending for "us" - -i

- prim/i- - -Prefix; meaning, "first"

- mon/o- - -Prefix; meaning, "one"

- uni- - -Prefix; meaning, "one"

- hemi- - -Prefix; meaning, "half, one side"

- semi- - -Prefix; meaning, "half, partial"

- bi- - -Prefix; meaning, "two, twice"

- di- - -Prefix; meaning, "two, twice"