Used as an outline for each unit we cover. Get out a sheet of paper to copy the following down.

Concept: Abbreviations Lesson Essential Question: What are some common medical abbreviations? Vocabulary: Taber’s Concept: Word Parts Lesson Essential Question: What word parts are used to create medical terminology? Vocabulary: root, prefix, suffix, combining vowel

 Taber’s  root  Prefix  suffix  combining vowel

 Make a list of 10 medical terms  Try to define as many as possible  Discuss with your group the ones you have & what they mean. Were there any common word parts that many of you had?

 Cardiologist  Cardiology  Electrocardiogram  Psychiatrist  Psychology  psychopath

 Put it in your notebook. It will act as the first page for this unit.  Get out another sheet of paper to take Cornell Style notes on Medical Terminology.

 Shortened forms of words  You must pay attention to capitalization  There may be more than one abbreviation for the same thing

 ā  am, AM  c, w/  ea  lg  N/A  nil  no  per  pm, PM  q, q  s, w/o  sos  x  yr

 Root = foundation of the word all medical terms have one or more root  Suffix = word ending  Prefix = beginning of the word  combining vowel = links the root to the suffix or another root

 Hematology HEMAT/O/LOGY hemat = blood -logy = study of o = links root w/ suffix root combining vowel suffix

 make flash cards for each abbreviation or word part the word goes on one side; definition on the other  Color codes to use for this class abbreviations will be yellow roots will be red prefixes will be blue suffixes will be green