Terry J. Bond - Adjunct Faculty
HS 111 - Medical Terminology
Seminar schedule – Wednesdays, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm EST
Our unit’s week start on Wednesdays as well
The first unit is to help the student understand the expectations of the
course and get to know your colleagues and instructor
Tonight we will discuss the major areas of the syllabus and the
expectations.
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Who are we?
Let’s begin tonight
by sharing a little bit
about us!
Where are you from?
What program are
you in?
Is this your first
Kaplan course
AIM is one of the methods for communicating with
the instructor.
If you do not have AIM, you can go on line and sign
up for it – there is no charge involved for this.
Instructors no longer have specific office hours but
you may call to schedule a time if you need to speak
to me.
What if I see the instructor on line can I “talk” with
her?
There are two locations for you to view your syllabus
1) On your course home page
2) Saved in your doc sharing files (you can print this for
future reference if desired)
Grading rubrics are found in your syllabus – please become
familiar with these
The grades you will receive from the instructor are in:
discussion participation and postings, seminar
participation and project papers. Your quizzes are
automatically graded.
The discussion board offers students the opportunity to
participate in a forum to ask and answer questions about
the chapter’s material.
The requirements for discussion posting include: the
student must post a minimum of three times during the
week, the posting to the initial question must contribute to
the quality of the discussion, and the student must post at
least 2 responses to their peers posting over the course of
the week.
Some students prefer to create their response in a Word
document, then post to the discussion board.
If a student meets all criteria as stated what would be
their grade for discussion?
If the student only posts brief responses, and there are
multiple errors in the posts, what would the grade be
now?
Why is it important to post early in the week?
Why would the instructor attempt to redirect the
discussion into a different direction?
The preference for your written project paper is to be
written in APA formatting. This may be new to many, if
not all of you.
In addition, the web site apastyle.org is helpful
- Historic development - Greek and Latin
word parts
- Acronym - formed from the first letters
of the word in a set phrase, e.g. LASER
- Eponym – named after an individual such
as Lou Gehrig or Parkinson
- Modern language
- Word root – all medical terms which are
built from word parts must contain at least
one word root
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Combining vowels
- Word root – the core of the medical
term
- Prefix – attached at the beginning of
a word root
- Suffix – attached at the end of a word
root
- Combining vowels – /o , vowels
which are used to assist in the
pronunciation of the term
- There are many terms which are not
built from word parts
- The student of medical terminology
will rely on memorization to learn
these terms
- Word root
Dermat – relating to the skin
Cyto – relating to a cell
Hepat - relating to the liver
- Prefix
Sub – below
Intra - within
- Suffix
itis – inflammation
pathy – disease of
Can you list others?
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Combining form – word root with
combining vowel attached
Combining vowel – usually an “o”
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Examples
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 Cyto
 Leuko
 myo
When you combine a word root and suffix
which does not begin with a vowel, a
combining vowel is used
 If the suffix does begin with a vowel, a
combining vowel is not used
 When combining two word roots, a combining
vowel is used even if the terms begin with a
vowel
 When combining a prefix and word root, a
combining vowel is not used
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Analyzing
Defining
 Word Building
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To analyze a medical term:
 Divide the term into word parts
 Label each word part, e.g. WR, P, S, and CV
 Label the combining forms
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Begin first by defining the suffix
Move next to the word root
Finally, define the prefix
Apply the meanings of each word part
contained in the term
E.g. Osteoarthritis = oste/o/arthr/itis =
inflammation of the bones and joints
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To build medical terms, place the word
parts together to form words
Select the appropriate suffix
Find the word root(s) for the term you are
building
Use combining vowels to join the parts
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Myopathy – disease of the muscle
Cytology – study of cells
Dermatitis – inflammation of the skin
Hepatitis – inflammation of the liver
Intravenous – within the vein