Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
COMBINING FORMS – “Word Roots” Schedule for September through October 2015
NAME:
PERIOD:
Week 1: Combining Forms “A & B”
September 1-8
Combining Form
Meaning
abdomin/oacous/oacr/oaden/oadip/oalbin/oalg/oall/oandr/oangi/oaort/oarter/oarthr/oarticul/oaudi/oaur/iauscult/obi/oblephar/obrachi/obronch/obucc/oburs/o-
abdomen
hearing, sound
extremity, highest part
gland
fat
white
pain
other, strange
male
blood vessel
aorta
artery
joint
joint
hearing
ear
listen
life
eyelid
arm
bronchus
cheek
pouch or sac, bursa
Week 2: Combining Forms “C”
September 8-15
Combining Form
Meaning
calcane/ocarcin/ocardi/ocarp/ocaus/ocephal/ocervic/ochol/echondr/ochrom/ocili/ocis/ocleid/ocochle/ocor/ocoron/ocorpor/ocost/ocry/ocubit/ocyan/ocyst/o-
Medical Terminology
Word Parts Schedule
DATE:
Week 3: Combining Forms “D-H”
September 15-22
Combining Form
Meaning
heel
dent/i-
tooth
cancer
derm/a-
skin
heart
digit/o-
finger or toe
wrist
edem/o-
swelling
burn
embryon/o-
fetus
head
enter/o-
intestines
neck, cervix
erythr/o-
red
bile
esthes/o-
sensation
cartilage
eti/o-
cause
color
febr/o-
fever
hair-like structure
fibr/o-
fiber
cut
flex/o-
bend
collarbone (clavicle)
fract/o-
break up
cochlea of the inner ear
gastr/o-
stomach
pupil
gnos/o-
knowledge
encircling structure
gynec/o-
female
body
hem/o-
blood
rib
hepat/o-
liver
cold
heter/o-
other, different
elbow
home/o-
same
blue
humer/o-
upper arm
bladder, cyst
hydr/o-
water
hyster/o-
womb, uterus
Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Week 4: Combining Forms “I-N”
September 22-29
Combining Form
Meaning
Week 5: Combining Forms “O & P”
September 29-October 6
Combining Form
Meaning
Medical Terminology
Word Parts Schedule
Week 6: Combining Forms “R & S”
October 6-13
Combining Form
Meaning
ocul/oodont/oo/o-, ov/iophthalm/oorch/oosse/o-, oste/oot/opalpat/opar/opariet/opath/oped/opercuss/ophag/o-
eye
tooth
egg
eye
testis
bone
ear
touch, feel
birth
wall of a cavity
disease
child
strike, tap
eat, swallow
ren/o-
kidney
reticul/oretin/orhin/orub/osalping/osang/oscler/oseb/osect/osept/oser/osinus/osomat/o-
network
retina of the eye
nose
red
fallopian tube
blood
hard
sebum (oil)
cut
wall
serum
cavity or hollow, sinus
body
muscle
kidney
nerve
phot/oplacent/opleur/o-
light
placenta
sphincter/ospir/ostern/o-
sphincter muscle
coil, breathe
sternum
night
pne/opneum/opod/opsych/opurul/o-, pyl/opyel/o-
breathe
lung, air
foot
mind
pus
steth/osthen/ostom/o-
chest
strength
opening, mouth
idi/oinguin/olact/ilater/oleuk/oligat/olith/omedi/omeg/amelan/o-, melen/omen/omorb/omort/omyel/o-
unknown, individual
groin
milk
side
white
tie, bind
stone
middle
large
black
monthly
disease
death
my/onephr/oneur/onoct/o-
bone marrow, spinal
cord
pyret/o-
pleura (lung
membrane)
Pelvis (including the
pelvis of the kidney)
fever
Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Week 7 Combining Forms “T-X”
October 13-20
Combining Form
Meaning
tact/otars/otele/otempor/otendon/otetr/atom/otoxic/otrache/otrich/ourin/ovagin/overtebr/oviscer/ovol/oviscos/oxen/oxer/o-
touch
ankle
distance
time, temple of the head
tendon
four
cut
poison
trachea
hair
urine
female genital canal
vertebra
viscera (internal organs)
volume
thick
foreign
dry
Medical Terminology
Word Parts Schedule
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY STUDY STRATEGIES
(1) Create flash cards for weekly medical word parts as per schedule:
Combining forms (September 1-October 27)
Prefixes (October 27-November 10)
Suffixes (November 10-December 1)
*Medical word part written on one side of the card and meaning of medical word
part on the opposite side
a) Review medical word part flash cards for five minutes every day for the week
that they are assigned
b) Practice correct spelling for assigned weekly medical word parts
c) Review flash cards created for previously assigned medical word parts since
quizzes and tests will be accumulative. Periodic quizzes will include a review of
previously assigned word parts. Medical terminology tests will assess ALL
medical term word parts assigned up to the test date.
(2) Participate in weekly practice and review activities (Tuesday Warm-Up):
a) Bingo
b) Matching games (match medical term word part with meaning)
c) “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” (PowerPoint review game)
d) “Jeopardy” (PowerPoint review game)
e) Kahoot! – internet-based competitive game
f) Break-It-Down (break down medical terms into prefixes, combining forms, and
suffixes to interpret their meaning)
(3) Complete weekly medical terminology practice worksheets (Friday Warm-Ups)
(4) Study for upcoming medical terminology tests:
Test #1: Combining Forms “A-N”, Tuesday, September 29
Test #2: Combining Forms “A-X”, Tuesday, October 27
Test #3: Medical Terminology Final Exam (ALL word parts), Tuesday, December 8
Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
Word Parts Schedule
PREFIXES Schedule for October through November 2015
Week 8: Prefixes “A-E”
October 27-November 3
Prefix
Meaning
a-, anabacradanteantiautobibradycircumcontradidiadyse-, exectoemendoepieuexoextra-
without, lack of
away from
pertaining to extremity
to, toward
before, forward
against, opposite to
self
two
slow
around. about
against, opposite
twice, double
through, completely
with pain or difficulty
from, out of
out from
in
within
upon, on
normal, good
outside
outside, in addition
Week 9: Prefixes “H-U”
November 3-10
Prefix
Meaning
hemihyperhypoininfrainterisoparaperperipolypostproquadriretrosemisubsuprasymtachytranstriuni-
half
excessive, above normal
deficient, below normal
not
below
between
equal
by the side of
through
around
many
after, behind
before
four
backward
half
below, less than
above
with, together
fast
across
three
one
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY STUDY
STRATEGIES
(1) Create flash cards for weekly
medical word parts as per
schedule
*Medical word part written on
one side of the card and meaning
of medical word part on the
opposite side
a) Review medical word part
flash cards for five minutes
every day for the week that
they are assigned
b) Practice correct spelling for
assigned weekly medical word
parts
c) Review flash cards created for
previously assigned medical
word parts since quizzes and
tests will be accumulative.
Periodic quizzes will include a
review of previously assigned
word parts.
Medical Sciences 2/EMS
Pathophysiology
Chapter 7
Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
Word Parts Schedule
SUFFIXES Schedule for November through December 2015
Week 10: Suffixes “A-I”
November 10-18
Suffix
Meaning
-a
-ac
-al
-algia
-ary
-blast
-cele
-centesis
-cyte
-eal
-ectomy
-emia
-emic
-gram
condition of
pertaining to
pertaining to
pertaining to pain
pertaining to
germ of immature cell
tumor, hernia
puncturing
cell
pertaining to
a cutting out
condition of the blood
pertaining to the blood
-ic
-itis
Week 11: Suffixes “L-T”
November 18-December 1
Suffix
Meaning
study of
destruction or loosening
measuring instrument
creation of an opening
tumor, swelling
condition of
pertaining to
disease
surgical repair of, tying of
falling, drooping
record or picture
-logy
-lysis
-meter
-ostomy
-oma
-osis
-ous
-pathy
-plasty
-ptosis
-rrhagia
-rrhea
-scope
-scopy
pertaining to
inflammation
-stasis
-taxia
standing still
order, coordination
excessive flow, bursting forth
flowing or discharge
instrument for examination
examination with an
instrument
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY STUDY
STRATEGIES
(2) Participate in weekly practice and
review activities (Tuesday WarmUps):
a) Bingo
b) Matching games (match
medical term word part with
meaning)
c) “Who Wants to be a
Millionaire”
d) “Jeopardy”
e) Kahoot!
f) Break-It-Down worksheets
(3) Complete weekly medical
terminology practice worksheets
(Friday Warm-Up Activity)
(4) Prepare for upcoming medical
terminology final exam:
Test #3: Medical Terminology Final
(Prefixes, Combining Forms & Suffixes),
Tuesday, December 8