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The Language of the Health Profession MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY The Language of the Health Profession

ORIGIN OF MEDICAL TERMS 75% of medical terms are based on either Greek or Latin words. Break the words down into small pieces

Parts Beginning (prefix) Middle (root) Ending (suffix) Often about size, shape, colour, direction, amount Middle (root) Often relates to the part of the body Ending (suffix) Can be about size, shape, colour, problem

Transesophageal Echocardiogram For example Trans + esophagi + eal

Common prefixes PREFIX MEANING OSTEO(O) BONE MYO OR SARCO MUSCLE NEURO NERVE DERM SKIN ANGI(O) BLOOD VESSELS VEN(O) OR PHLEB(O) VEIN CARDIO HEART RHINO NOSE NEPH KIDNEY HEPAT(O) LIVER

Common prefixes PREFIX MEANING CRANIO SKULL OPTHALM OR OCULO EYE OTO EAR THROMB(O) BLOOD CLOT MAMM(O) BREAST COLO LARGE INTESTINE GASTRO STOMACH ILEO SMALL INTESTINE THORAC(O) CHEST PNEUMO OR PLEURO LUNG

SIZE MATTERS MACRO – (large) MICRO – (small) MEGALO – or – megaly (large / enlarged)

(high / elevated/above) RATES HYPER – (high / elevated/above) HYPO – (low / reduced / below) TACHY – (rapid / fast) BRADY – (slow / reduced)

COLOURS LEUK - WHITE ERYTH - RED CYAN - BLUE CHLORO - GREEN

WHERE? ENDO – OR INTRA – (within) INTER – (between) PERI – (around) TRANS – (across) EXTRA – (outside)

Tests and Procedures PREFIX MEANING ECHO - USING ULTRASONIC WAVES ELECTRO - USING ELECTRICITY ECTOMY REMOVAL OF GRAM PICTURE GRAPH(Y) PROCESS OF MAKING AN IMAGE OTOMY MAKING A CUT IN SCOPY USING AN INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING STOMY CREATING AN OPENING

PROBLEMS PREFIX MEANING DYS - NOT WORKING PROPERLY MAL - BAD EMIA BLOOD CONDITION ITIS INFLAMMATIN -OSIS CONDITION OR DISEASE PATHY DISEASE

DECODING MEDICAL TERMS Define the suffix Define the prefix Define the word root Combine the definitions to decode the medical term or phrase

PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER Hypercholesterolemia Elevated blood cholesterol Dermatitis Inflammation of the skin Colostomy Creating an opening in the colon

TRY THESE!! Carditis Cardiomyopathy Echocardiography Colitis Hepatitis Gastritis Nephrectomy Transesophageal echocardiogram