CODING CLASS-TERMINOLOGY TEST

Suffix, Prefix, Word root

• Created when a ROOT is combined with a COMBINING VOWEL
• Color, Body part, thoughts, ideas
• Root gives the same information as the combining form
• All medical term root has a combining form.

• DENOTED BY: /followed by the combining vowel
• EX.: Arthr/o= Joint

• Found at the beginning of the medical term
• Foundation of the medical term. Typically has at least one root
• Terms can have one or more roots
• Telling us the body parts involved and main thought
• ROOT=COMBINING FORM

• Says if it's a procedure, condition or neither
• Found at the end of the term
• Each term must end with a suffix (one suffix per term, except for the instances when the rott can stan alone as a word)

• DENOTED BY: hyphen before the suffix
• EX.: -ac, -al, -ar, -ary = pertaining to; like

• Used to join word root to word root
• Make pronunciation easier
• Joining word root to suffix

• Beginning of the term when present
• Not all terms have a prefix
• Number, Location, direction

• DENOTED BY: Hyphen after the prefix
• EX.: Ante-= Before; forward

• 1. When combining more than one root in a medical term, the combining for of the root is usually used between the roots
• ex. Cardiogastric => Pertaining to ther heart and stomach
• The combining form Cardi/o is used to join the roots cardi and gastr.

• 2. When combining a root with a suffix that begins with a consonant, the combining form of the root must be used to connect the suffix
• ex. Gastromegaly

• 3. When combining a root with a suffix that begins with a vowel, the combining form is not used.
• Ex. Gastrectomy

• 4. There will always be some exceptions to these rules
• Ex. Gastroenterology

Joint

Heart

Skin

Stomach

Liver

Bone

Within

Above, upon

Half

• Deficient
• Below

Around

Many

Pain

Pertaining to

Inflammation

Enlargement, Enlarged

Disease

Surgical repair

Away from

• Abnormal=> Away from being normal
• Abduct=> To move away from the body

• To, toward
• Addendum-=>in addition to; added to

• Before
• Anteroom- a room before a larger room

Self

• Slow
• Bradycardia=> slow heart rate

Within, Inner

Endo-Cardium=> Within the heart; inner linning of the heart

Above, upon

Epi-gastric => above the stomach

Half

Hemi-sphere => half of a sphere

Below, Inferior

Infra-Orbital => below the eye socket

Between; among

Inter-mission => time period between events or periods of activity

Within

Intrastate => existing or occuring within a state

large

Macro-cyte => abnormally large red blood cell

Change; after; beyond

Meta-plasia => change from one type of growth to another

Small

Micro-cyte => abnormally small red blood cell

Many

New

near, beside

Ex. Parallel

Around, surrounding

Ex. Peri-meter => boundary surounding a specific location

Many

After

Before, in front of

behind, Backward

Half

Below, Under

Above, over, excess

Above, on top of

Ex. Supra-spinal => Above the spine

Fast

No, Not, Without

Against

Against; opposite

Not

Two, double, both

Hundred, Hundredth

Ten

One Thousandth

Four

Three

One

Cancerous

Bad, Difficult, Painful

Above; excessive

Deficient; below

Hypo-thyroidism => Excessive thyroid activity

Bad; poor; abnormal

Pertaining to

To Secrete

To Seperate

Cell

Producing, Forming

Protein

Record

Instrument for recording

Process of recording

Pertaining to

Resembling; like

Specialist

Study of

Pertaining to

Digestion

Eating; Swallowing

Voice; Sound

Carrying, Transmission

Bad Feeling

Breathing

Formation

Instrument for viewing

Process of viewing

Sleep

Control, Stop

Treatment

Chest, Pleural cavity

Labor, Birth

opening

Growth, Development

Nourish, Develop, stimulate

To Turn

Pain

hernia, Herniation

Condition of cells

Vomiting

Abnormal condition

Always look at root word before determining if it's the correct suffix

Inflammation

Softening

Enlargement

Tissue death

Tumor

Slight paralysis

Disease

Decreased number

Abnormal Fear

Paralysis

Drooping, Sagging, prolapse

Spitting up

Bursting forth of blood

Flow, Discharge

Rupture

Hardening

Contraction and twitching

Narrowing; Tightening

Surgical puncture for the withdrawal of fluids

Binding together

• Stretching
• Dilatation

• Surgical removal
• Excision

Creating a new opening

Incision into

Surgical fixation

Surgical repair

Suture

Crushing, Friction

Blue

Rosy Red, Rosy

Red

White

Black

Yellow

Cranium/Skull

Brain

Brain, Cerebrum

PERI => Surrounding, Around...Typically an additional sac

EPI => Upon, above

ARTHER/O => Fat, plaque

ARTERI/O => artery

ARTHR/O => Joint

ATHEROSCLEROSIS => Hardening because of fatty and plaque deposit

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS => Hardening not due to fatty deposit--thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls;

Fungus

Muscle

Bone marrow or spinal cord

Removal of insde the artery

Removal of plaque

Growth because of number of cell

Gray