Medical Terminology NURS 1103 or HLSC 2613

Welcome Course Faculty Larry Hurst

Main Objective: Learn Medical Terminology New students to Medical Terminology often bewildered by strange spelling and pronunciation. Approximately 75% of Medical Terms are based on either Greek or Latin

Medical Terminology Mispronunciations Artery - The study of fine paintings. Barium - What you do when CPR fails. Benign - What you are after you be eight. Coma - A punctuation mark. Morbid - A higher offer. Urine - opposite of you’re out. Tablet - A small table.

Course Description A study of physiological systems approach to provide principles of medical word building. Provides medical vocabulary including anatomy, physiology, systems, diagnostic testing and pharmacology. This course is appropriate for health care administration, health science students such as nursing, dental hygiene, paramedics, and physical therapy assisting; as well as court reporting and medical transcriptionist students.

Course Objectives Apply basic principles of medical word building. Correctly pronounce medical terms. Define common medical terms. Relate common medical terms to human anatomy and physiology; common disease states, pharmacological categories and diagnostic tests. Identify the medical terminology in medical record reports.

16 Lessons 1. Basic Elements of a Medical Word 2. Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, etc 3. Suffixes: Adjective, Noun, Diminutive 4. Prefixes 5. Body Structure 6. Integumentary System 7. Gastrointestinal System

Lessons, continued 8. Respiratory System 9. Cardiovascular System 10. Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems 11. Musculoskeletal System 12. Genitourinary System 13. Female Reproductive System 14. Endocrine System

Lessons, continued 15. Nervous System 16. Special Senses

A Busy Course! Are you feeling like a lot of information is about to come your way? The answer is YES.

Chapter 1 Basic Elements of Medical Word Now, lets begin Chapter 1 Basic Elements of Medical Word

Medical Dictionary Use Look Up Unfamiliar Terms

Word Roots (WR) Usually derived form Greek or Latin Frequently indicates a body part Most medical terms have one or more word roots

Examples of Word Roods

Combining Forms (CF) Combining Form (CF) is a Word Root (WR) plus a vowel, usually an “o” Usually indicates a body part

Combining Forms Examples Cardi/ + o = cardi/o heart gastr/ + o = gastr/o stomach hepat/ + o = hepat/o liver nephr/ + o = nephr/o kidney oste/ + o = oste/o bone

Suffixes Word Ending Suffix usually indicates a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech Usually derived from Greek or Latin

Examples of Suffix Arthr/o -centesis Arthrocentesis joint puncture puncture of a joint throac/o -tomy Thoracotomy chest incision incision of the chest gastr/o -megaly Gastromegaly stomach enlargement enlargement of the stomach

Prefixes Word element located at the beginning of a word Changes the meaning of the word Usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, color, or sense of negation

Examples of Prefix A- mast -ia without breast condition hyper- therm -ia excessive heat condition intra- muscul -ar in muscle relating to

Basic Rule One A WR (word root) is used before a suffix that begins with a vowel. Scler/ + osis = sclerosis

Basic Rule Two A combining vowel is used to link a WR to a suffix that begins with a consonant and to link a WR to another WR to form a compound word colon/o + scope = colonscope osteo/ o/ chondr/ itis = osteochondritis

Defining Medical Words First, define the suffix or ending Second, define the prefix, or beginning Third, define the middle

Pronunciation Guidelines Ae and oe c and g e and es ch I pn ps

End of Chapter One