BHNU

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What is the Terminology ???
• Basic Medical language
• Explain body parts
• Pathological conditions
• Diagnostic techniques

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CHAPTER 1
• Word
• Building Rules

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Word Building Rules
Learning rules for
combining word
parts
First we learn about
the basic parts of
medical term)

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• Basic foundation of a word
– Component parts are added to change
meaning
• Example word: cardiologist
– cardi (word root) = heart
– Words with cardi will always refer to the
heart

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• Vowel is called a combining vowel
– Usually an o – occasionally an i
– Combining vowels join word parts
appropriately

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• When using more than one word root – as
in compound word
• i.e. 1.HEPAT-O-2.CYTES
– Combining vowel is needed to separate the
different word roots
– Usually done whether or not second or third
word root begins with a vowel

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Combining Vowels: Rule
if the second word root begin with vowel...???
• Example word: myoelectric
– Breakdown of word: my/o/electr/ic
• Note: root + vowel = combining form
– my + o = my/o/electric even second root begin with vowel.

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if the second word root begin with
consonant...???
– Breakdown of word: HEPAT/O/CYTES
– Root = HEPAT
– Combining vowel = o
– Root = CYT
– Suffix = ES
– Here again to separate two root we use vowel
even here second root begin with the
consonant.

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Combining Vowels: Rule
• A word cannot end in a combining form to
complete term should add suffix.
–Drop the combining vowel
–Add a suffix
–Makes the word a noun or an
adjective

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Combining Vowels: Rule
• Example word: megalocardia
– Breakdown of word: megal/o/card/ia
– Root = megal
– Combining vowel = o
– Root = card
– Suffix = ia
• Note: Word cannot be megal/o/card/o
– Must drop combining vowel o
– Must add ending

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Suffix
• Attaches to the end of the word root
– Makes a word a noun or an adjective
• Meaning of suffix remains the same
– Suffix changes meaning of root to which it is
attached

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Suffix: Rule
• If suffix begins with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u,)
– Root will attach directly to it
HEPAT/ITIS itis begin with i no
need of vowel.
• If suffix begins with a consonant
– Root will need a combining vowel before
attaching to the suffix
CARDI/O/CYTES here cytes is
begin with c need of vowel.

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Suffix: Rule
• Example word: cardiogram
– Breakdown of word: cardi/o/gram
– Root = cardi
– Combining vowel = o
– Suffix = gram
• Note: Suffix begins with a consonant
Combining vowel is needed

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Suffix: Rule
• Example word: cardialgia
– Breakdown of word: cardi/algia
– Root = cardi
– Suffix = algia
• Note: Suffix begins with a vowel
– Combining vowel is not needed

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Prefix
• Attaches to the beginning of a word
• Meaning of prefix always remains the
same
– Prefix changes meaning of root to which it is
attached
– Not all words have prefixes

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Prefix: Rule
• Example word: endocardium
– Breakdown of word: endo/cardi/um
– Prefix = endo
– Root = cardi
– Suffix = um
• Prefix attaches directly to beginning of
word
– Note: Combining vowel is not needed

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Word Structure
• Review
– Prefix is placed at beginning of word
– Suffix is placed at end of word root
– Combining forms are used when word has
more than one word root = compound word

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Word Structure
• Review
– Compound words are usually composed in
the following order:
– Combining form + word root + suffix
– Example:
– (Combining form) + word root + suffix

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Word Structure
• Review
• Defining a medical term:
– Define suffix first
– Read from right to left and define each word
element
• Example: carditis
– Suffix = itis = inflammation
– Word root = card = heart
– Definition = inflammation of the heart

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• Review
• Medical words with prefixes
– Define suffix first, prefix second, word roots
last
Word Structure

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Word Structure
• Example: intracardiac
– Suffix = ac = pertaining to
– Prefix = intra = within
– Word root = cardi = heart
– Definition = pertaining to within the heart

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Word Structure
• Review
• When medical words identify body
systems or parts
– Define suffix first, body organs in order they
are studied in body system

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• Example: cardiopulmonary
– Suffix = ary = pertaining to
– Body organ = cardi = heart
– Body organ = pulmon = lungs
– Definition = pertaining to the heart and the
lungs
Word Structure

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Pronunciation Guidelines
• Pronunciation of medical word
• May be exactly like it sounds
– Example: febrile = ‘f’ sound, begins with
‘f’
• May begin with a letter, or letters that
produces the same phonetic sound
–Example: physiology = ‘f’ sound,
begins with ‘ph’

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Pronunciation Guidelines
• If it sounds like ‘f’
– Look for ‘f’ = febrile
– Look for ‘ph’ = physiology
• If it sounds like ‘j’
– Look for ‘j’ = jejunum
– Look for ‘ge’ = genesis
– Look for ‘gi’ = gingivitis
– Look for ‘gy’ = gyrus

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Pronunciation Guidelines
• If it sounds like ‘k’
– Look for ‘k’ = kyphosis (backward curvature
of supine)
– Look for ‘c’ = cornea ( part of eye)
– Look for ‘ch’ = chorion( fetal covering layer)
– Look for ‘qu’ = quadruplet( represent four)
• If it sounds like ‘n’
– Look for ‘n’ = neonatal(baby of 28 day)
– Look for ‘pn’ = pneumonia( lung infection)
– Look for ‘kn’ = knee

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Pronunciation Guidelines
• If it sounds like ‘s’
– Look for ‘s’ = sarcoma( connective tissue
cancer)
– Look for ‘c’ = cervix( reproductive part)
– Look for ‘ps’ = psychology
• If it sounds like ‘sk’
– Look for ‘sk’ = skeleton
– Look for ‘sc’ = sclera
– Look for ‘sch’ = schizophrenia( psychosis)

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Pronunciation Guidelines
• If it sounds like ‘z’
– Look for ‘z’ = zygomatic( cheek bone)
– Look for ‘x’ = xanthoma( fat deposition)

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Additional Pronunciation Rules
• Words that begin with ‘c’
– If followed by ‘e’, ‘i’, or ‘y’
– Pronounced as soft ‘c’
– Has ‘j’ sound
• Examples
– ‘ce’ = cervix
– ‘ci’ = circumduction( removal of foreskin of
penis)
– ‘cy’ = cyst( thick wall fluid filled )

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Additional Pronunciation Rules
• Words that begin with ‘c’
– If followed by ‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’, or consonant
– Pronounced as hard ‘c’
– Has a ‘k’ sound
• Examples
– ‘ca’ = cancer
– ‘co’ = collagen( fibrous protien)
– ‘cu’ = cuticle (thin covering)
– ‘ch’ = cheiloplasty (Lip Surgery)

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Additional Pronunciation Rules
• Word roots that end in ‘g’
– If followed by ‘e’ or ‘i’
– Pronounced as soft ‘g’
– Sounds like ‘j’
• Examples
– Laryng / ectomy
– Pharyng / itis

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Additional Pronunciation Rules
• Word roots that end in ‘g’
– If followed by ‘a’, ‘o’, or consonant
– Pronounced as hard ‘g’
– Has ‘guh’ sound
• Examples
– Laryng / algia
– Mening / ocele
– Glossal

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Possessive Forms
• Some diseases are named after
individuals
– Pronounced and written in possessive forms
• Eponym (EP-oh-nim)
– Name for a disease, organ, procedure, or
body function
– Derived from the name of a person

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