1. Hannah, Julie, Mari, Brian, Alex
Medical Terms
Hannah, Julie, Mari, Brian, Alex

2. Medical Terms
Prefixes usually contain the word’s location, time, number, or status Word parts contain the basic meaning of the term and usually the body part Suffixes contain the condition, disease, procedure, or disorder

3. Prefixes
A—no, not, without, away from, negative All/o—other, different from normal, reversal Ante—before Brady—slow Mal—bad, poor, evil Tachy—fast

4. Word Parts
Angi/o—blood or lymph vessels Apoplect/o—stroke Arter/o—artery Ather/o—plaque, fatty substance Atri—atrium Cardi/o—heart Circulat/o—circulate Coagul/o—clotting Coron/o—coronary Erythr/o—red
Fibrin/o—fibers, threads of a clot Hem/o—blood Hemat/o—relating to blood Hemangi/o—blood vessel Leuk—white Ox/i—oxygen Phleb/o—vein Sphygm/o—pulse Valv--valve

5. Suffixes
-ac, -al, -ary, -ical, -ic— pertaining to -emia—blood, blood condition -itis—inflammation -lysis—break down -malacia—abnormal softening -megaly—enlargement
-osis—abnormal condition, disease -rrhage—bleeding, abnormal excessive discharge of fluid -rrhexis--rupture -sclerosis—abnormal hardening -stenosis—abnormal narrowing

6. Examples
Circle the prefix, underline the word part, square the suffix Coronary Intravenous Leukemia