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    This document provides a list of medical terminology prefixes, roots, and suffixes for students to learn for an upcoming quiz. It includes 15 new terms related to location, position, time, number, and color. Prefixes include hypo-, a or an-, in-, en-, endo-, and de-. Roots relate to organs, structures, and body parts like laparo, gen, neuro, hepato, and rhino. Suffixes indicate symptoms, treatment, and surgery, such as -ism, -emesis, -ostomy, -scope, and -genic. Students are instructed to make flashcards, study them, turn them in before the quiz, and can earn extra credit points for doing well on

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    Week 3 Med Term List

    PREFIXES
    TERM

    (location

    15 new terms

    position

    time

    number

    color

    (1 side of card) ENGLISH (other side of card)

    hypo-

    size)

    Examples using this term

    down, under, below, less than

    hypothermia, hypogastric, hypocephalic

    a or an-

    absent, missing, without

    atypical, asymptomatic, anemia, anorexia

    in-, en-, endo-

    inside

    internal, interior

    (opposite of hyper)

    (opposite of ex, exo)

    endothelium, endoscope, endoskeleton


    de-

    removal of

    deodorant, detoxify, decaptitate, dehydrate

    macro-

    large (opposite of micro)

    macroscopic, macrorhinia, macrophage

    ROOTS (organs
    TERM

    structures

    parts)

    (1 side of card) ENGLISH (other side of card)

    Examples using this term

    laparo

    abdomen, belly (NOT stomach)

    laparoscopic, laparopathy, laparotomy

    gen

    to produce, cause or make

    generation, genetic, regenerate

    neuro

    nerve

    neurology, neuroma, neurosurgeon

    hepato

    liver

    hepatitis, hepatic, hepatoma, hepatology

    rhino

    nose

    rhinitis, rhinoplasty, rhinoscope

    SUFFIXES
    TERM

    (symptoms

    treatment

    surgery)

    (1 side of card) ENGLISH (other side of card)

    -ism

    condition (same as osis)

    -emesis (a word & a suffix)

    vomit(ing)

    Examples using this term

    hypothyroidism, metabolism, organism


    emesis, hematemesis, hyperemesis

    -ostomy ***

    Surgical mouth-like opening colostomy, gastrostomy, laparostomy

    -scope

    Camera, viewing instrument

    Colonoscope, gastroscope, rhinoscope

    -genic

    Pert. to the creation of

    psychogenic, pathogenic, carcinogenic

    *** a STOMA is an opening surgically made into the body. Ever heard of someone having to poop into a
    bag on his abdomen? This is done through a STOMA. The suffix ostomy is the creation of a STOMA. In
    fact, in Latin an os is a mouth. See the connections between mouth, stoma, ostomy???

    PROCEDURE
    1. Make flashcards (in class or at home)
    2. Study flashcards (at home)
    3. Turn in flashcards just prior to taking the quiz (Thursday, 9/11)
    4. Take quiz (Thurday, 9/11). 75% will be from these terms; the other 25% will come from the previous
    weeks terms.
    5. Flashcards to be returned to students the next day.

    6. Earn 5 WE points by (a) turning in the flashcards AND (b) earning an A on that Med Term Quiz!

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