Welcome to Medical Terminology
Nena Scott, MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCSP
Course Outcomes
 Upon successfully completing this course, you will be
able to:
 Define the word elements of a medical term.
 Formulate proper definitions of presented medical terms.
 Compose accurate medical terms, based on established
medical terminology guidelines.
 Demonstrate the singular and plural forms of medical
terminology.
 Interpret simulated medical reports using medical
terminology.
 Demonstrate the ability to translate medical terminology and
information into layman’s terms for non-medical personnel
or patients.
General Information
• Print the syllabus and keep available to reference
during the term.
• Due dates for each unit is located on the syllabus
• Weekly unit assignments will include
 Seminar
 Discussion Board
 Unit Exams
 Unit 5 and 8 Projects
• A weekly announcements will be posted on
Wednesday that will outline the weeks
requirements
Contact Information
 Kaplan Email Address: NScott@kaplan.edu
 Course/Seminar Day and Time (ET)
Section
Instructor
Seminar
Date /Time
(ET)
Email
1
Nena Scott
Wed.
4:00pm
Nscott@kaplan.edu
18
Nena Scott
Wed.
10:00pm
Nscott@kaplan.edu
19
Christine Hollander
Wed.
11:00am
Chollander@kaplan.edu
26FT
Christine Hollander
Wed.
1:00pm
Chollander@kaplan.edu
Cheryl Kester
Tues.
8:00pm
Ckester@kaplan.edu
5
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Student User Guide found in Doc Sharing in the
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How to Label Your Work
• Projects: Please label your projects: Student
Name – project name - unit#.doc. For example, a
student named Tina Allen would name her file Tina
Allen Anatomical Terminology Unit 5.doc.
• Seminar Option 2: Please label your seminars:
Student Name-seminar-unit#.doc (for example,
Tina Allen Seminar Unit 3.doc)
• Email Subject Lines: Please start your subject
lines in email correspondence with Course & section
username: SUBJECT_OF_MESSAGE (for
example, HS111-12AU-Tina Allen: Question
regarding project) (Make sure you put the
section number because I teach multiple
sections.)
Projects
• Templates for projects are located in DocSharing
• A description of all projects can be found under
unit 5 and 8 in the course
• Project should be completed in Microsoft Word
and submitted in the drop box.
• Projects should be completed using APA style
formatting
Seminar
Option 1
 Purpose – interact with class mates, review
important points of each lesson, answer
questions and concerns of students.
 Expectations - participate in discussion,
arrive on time and stay the whole hour.
 Grading rubric used to assign grade
Option 2
 Takes place of one hour seminar
 Tougher grading criteria – grading rubric
used to assign grade
Discussion
• Please do not work ahead on the discussion board
because staying together on the discussion will help
everyone in the learning process.
• Your initial discussion board post is due by Saturday night
• Posting the initial post early in the week will help you
because you will need to respond to two post to receive
the total 35 points.
• Also, posting early in the week will give me time to respond
and in my response I try to give you a challenge question
and your response to my question will count as one of the
required responses.
• It is important to have quality discussion board post to
enhance learning.
• Make sure you utilize spell check and list all references.
Chapter 1
Introduction to Word Parts
OBJECTIVES
•
Identify and define the four word parts
•
Identify and define a combining form
•
Analyze and define medical terms
•
Build medical terms for given definitions
Understand the Content of Chapter
1 Before Moving on to Chapter 2
• Chapter 1 is the most important chapter in the
text because it is here that you are introduced to
word parts—word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
combining vowels—and the rules for combining
them to build medical terms.
• You will use this information in each of the
subsequent chapters to analyze, build, define,
and spell terms built from word parts
Medicine Has a
Language of Its Own
Current medical vocabulary includes terms
built from Greek and Latin word parts,
eponyms, acronyms, and terms from
modern language
Origins of Medical
Language
The 4 Word Parts
Word Root: Fundamental meaning of a medical term
Prefix: Attached to beginning of a medical term to
modify its meaning
Suffix: Attached to end of a medical term to modify its
meaning
Combining Vowel: Used to ease pronunciation usually an “o” (e, i, or u)
Examples
Word Roots: arthr: joint
ven: vein
hepat: liver
oste: bone
Prefixes:
intra-: within
sub-: under
Suffixes:
-itis: inflammation -ic: pertaining to
-ous: pertaining to -pathy: disease
Combining vowel: o
Combining Form
Word Root + Combining Vowels
Examples: arthr/o hepat/o ven/o oste/o
Examples of word parts and combining vowel
in use
P
WR
S
P
WR S
WR
CV
WR
S
sub/hepat/ic intra/ven/ous oste/o/arthr/itis
Some Basic Rules
• All medical terms have at least one word
root
• Not all medical terms have a prefix,
suffix, or combining vowel
• Combining vowels are used to connect
word roots or word root and suffix
• When a suffix begins with a vowel, the
combining vowel is not used
Example: arthritis (“o”)
Some Basic Rules (cont’d)
• When connecting two word roots, a
combining vowel is usually used even if
vowels are present at the junction
Example: oste/o/arthr/itis
• Usually medical terms are defined by
starting at the end of the term and going
back to the beginning
Example: oste/o/arthr/itis─inflammation
of the bone and joints
Some Basic Rules (cont’d)
• A few terms are more easily and accurately
defined by starting at the beginning of the term.
Example: melan/oma
melan = black
-oma = tumor
Word Parts for Practice
Word Roots:
Prefixes:
(Comb. Forms)
intra-: within
arthr/o: joint
sub-: under
hepat/o: liver
ven/o: vein
osteo: bone
Suffixes:
-itis: inflammation
-ic: pertaining to
Combining Vowel:
o
-ous: pertaining
-pathy: disease
Analyze and Define
•
arthritis
•
intravenous
•
osteitis
•
osteoarthritis
•
subhepatic
•
osteopathy
•
arthropathy
•
hepatitis
Building Medical Terms
 arthr/itis - inflammation of joints
 intra/ven/ous - pertaining to within a vein
 oste/itis - inflammation of the bone
 oste/o/arthr/itis - inflammation of the bone and joint
 sub/hepat/ic - pertaining to under the liver
 oste/o/pathy - disease of the bone
 arthr/o/pathy - disease of the joint
 hepat/itis - inflammation of the liver
Review – Chapter 1
1.
Most medical terms in current use are composed of what type of
word parts?
2. What is acronym?
3. What is a medical term derived from the name of a person
called?
4. Each medical term build from word parts contain one or more
5. A prefix is a word part that
6. The word part that is the core of the word is a
7. A word root with the combining vowel attached and separated by
a forward slash is a(n)
8. When analyzing a medical term build from word parts, the
combining vowel would be labeled as
9. In the medical term hepatitis, the word part hepat is a
10. In the medical term intravenous, the word part intra is
11. In the medical term arthritis, what is the word part itis
12. In the medical term arthropathy, what is the word part arthro
Answers
1.
Greek and Latin word parts
2.
Formed from the first letters of words in a phrase
3.
Eponym
4.
Word Roots
5.
Attaches to the beginning of a medical word
6.
Word root
7.
Combining form
8.
CV
9.
Word root
10. Prefix
11. Suffix
12. Combining Form
Questions & After Seminar
• Review the rubrics for grading and let me know if
you have questions
• Contact me:
 On AIM - NenaSctt
 Kaplan Email - NScott@kaplan.edu
 Questions?