MEDTERM CHAPTER 1

• root


  a fundamental unit of a word
• Medical dictionaries


  ____ are valuable references for everyone in

  health-related fields.
• Institute for Safe Medical Practices


  ISMP
• Joint Commission on

  Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations


  JCAHO
• acronym


  An ____ is an abbreviation formed from the first letter of

  each word in a phrase.
• g


  A hard g, as in grow, will be written as ___
• j


  A soft g, as in page, will be written as ___
• k


  A hard c, as in candy, will be written as ___
• s


  A soft c, as in racer, will be written in pronunciations as ____
• long pronunciation


  A short line over the vowel gives it a ____
• short pronunciation


  A vowel (a, e, i, o, u) gets a ____ if it has no pronunciation mark over it
• 1. r

  2. doubled.


  When you add a suffix beginning with rh to a root, the ___ is ____
• c


  If a vowel comes before the x, such as ax or ix, you change the x to a ___
• g or a c.


  When you add a suffix to a word ending in x, the x is changed to a ___ or a ___
• g


  If there is a consonant before the x, such as yx or nx, the x is changed to a ___
• Compound words


  _____ contain more than one root.
• prefix


  ____ is a short word part added before a root to modify its meaning.
• suffix


  ____ is a short word part or series of parts added at the end of a root to modify its meaning.
• root


  ____ is the fundamental unit of each medical word. It establishes the basic meaning of the word and is the part to which modifying word parts are added
• roots, prefixes, and suffixes


  Most medical terms can be divided into component parts— _____, _____, and _____—that maintain the same meaning whenever they appear.
• Greek and Latin words


  Medical terminology is based mainly on ____ and ____ words
• Medical terminology


  is a special vocabulary used by health care professionals for effective and accurate communication.
• Abbreviations are the shortened words or initials can save time in writing medical reports and case histories.
• mL for the metric measurement of milliliter
• dB for decibels
• CA is the abbreviation in terms of unit of sound intensity for cancer
• hgb is the abbreviation of in terms of unit of sound intensity for hemoglobin
• ECG is the abbreviation of in terms of unit of sound intensity for electrocardiogram
• Acronym is an abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase.
• BP is the medical acronym for blood pressure
• MRI is the medical acronym for magnetic resonance imaging
• AIDS is the medical acronym for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• CNS is the medical acronym for central nervous system
• RMT is the medical acronym for registered medical technologist
• Symbols are commonused as shorthand in case histories
• 1˚ is the symbols for primary
• 2˚ is the symbol for secondary (to)
• Ⓛ is the symbols for left
• Ⓡ is the symbol for right
• arrown down is the symbol for decrease(d)