AAPC - Medical Terminology Latest 2023
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What is a root word? ✔✔Main word that stands alone that holds meaning of medical term - can
have more than one root
What is a prefix? ✔✔It's attached to beginning
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AAPC - Medical Terminology Latest 2023
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What is a root word? ✔✔Main word that stands alone that holds meaning of medical term - can
have more than one root
What is a prefix? ✔✔It's attached to beginning of word to modify or alter meaning - indicate
location, time or number
What is a suffix? ✔✔It's attached to the end of a word to modify or alter meaning - medically
they indicate the procedure, condition, disorder or disease.
Blephar/o ✔✔EYELID
Bucc/o ✔✔CHEEK
Cholecyst/o ✔✔GALLBLADDER
Colp/o ✔✔VAGINA
Cyst/o ✔✔FLUID SAC OR POUCH, URINARY BLADDER
Derm/o ✔✔SKIN
Encephal/o ✔✔BRAIN
Enter/o ✔✔INTESTINE
hem/o, Hemat/o ✔✔BLOOD
My/o ✔✔MUSCLE
Myel/o ✔✔SPINAL CORD, BONE MARROW
Onych/o ✔✔NAIL
Oste/o ✔✔BONE
Phleb/o ✔✔VEIN
Pulm/o, Pulmon/o ✔✔LUNGS
Synov/i ✔✔SYNOVIAL FLUID, JOINT, MEMBRANE
PREFIX: AB ✔✔away from
PREFIX: AD ✔✔toward, near
PREFIX: Ante ✔✔before
PREFIX: EC, ECTO ✔✔out, outside
PREFIX: END/O ✔✔in, within
PREFIX: MON/O ✔✔one
PREFIX: POLY ✔✔many, much
PREFIX: POST ✔✔after, behind
SUFFIX: CENTESIS ✔✔puncture, tap
SUFFIX: DESIS ✔✔binding, fusion
SUFFIX: ECTOMY ✔✔excision, surgical removal
SUFFIX: GRAPHY ✔✔act of recording data
SUFFIX: PEXY ✔✔surgical fixation
SUFFIX: PLASTY ✔✔plastic repair or surgery, reconstruction
SUFFIX: TRIPSY ✔✔crushing
What language origins do medical terms come from? ✔✔Greek and Latin
What changes in a medical term when word goes from singular to plural? ✔✔The Ending of the
Word
Word Ending in "a"....has a plural of > ✔✔ae
Word Ending in "en"...has a plural of > ✔✔ina
Word Ending in "ex, ix, yx"...has a plural of > ✔✔ices
Word Ending in "is"...has a plural of > ✔✔es
Word Ending in "ma"...has a plural of > ✔✔mata
Word Ending in "nx (anx, inx, ynx)"...has a plural of > ✔✔nges
Word Ending in "on"...has a plural of > ✔✔a
Word Ending in "um"...has a plural of > ✔✔a
Word Ending in "us"...has a plural of > ✔✔i
Example: CARDIOMYOPATHY ✔✔Cardi/o = Heart
My/o = Muscle
Pathy = Disease
Meaning: a Diseased Heart Muscle
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