Medical Terminology
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When writing down prognosis medical staff
have to have a common language
Or your medical file would read as: patient
complaint was “tum-tum hurt” or “hard stuff
was removed from stomach”
By using Latin prefixes, roots and suffixes the
above conditions can be written in simple
terms: dysgastro, gastroplasty
Medical Terminology
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There are some rules though to using medical
terminology
Prefixes and roots are put together with little
alteration
When adding a suffix an O can be added to
the root to make the word easier to
pronounce
Add an O only when the suffix starts with a
consonant
Medical Terminology
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Using the medical language WS come
up with terms for the following:
Ear pain
Muscle Harding
Swelling of the nose
Pain between the ribs
Study of nerves
Medical Terminology
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What do these mean?
Dyscardiology
Myopathy
Intracardioplasty
Dysorhea
Perimyelopathy
Hypercolorhea
Myosclerosis