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Terminology
The Basic
Structure and
Analysis of
Medical
Terms
By
By
E. Suryadi
Madarina Julia
ONCOLOGY: Cervix
Sarcoma
Sarcoma of the cervix therapy
Sarcomas of the cervix show a variable and generally
poor response to radiotherapy. If possible therefore,
surgical removal is indicated if the disease is localized to
the pelvis. This may vary from simple hysterectomy to
total pelvic exenteration. Chemotherapy has not proved
effective in these tumor
The signs and symptoms of recurrent malignant disease
are:
1. Positive cytologic examination
2. Palpable tumor in pelvis or abdomen
3. Ulceration of cervix or vagina
4. Unilateral lower extremity edema
5. Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
Medical Terminology
Our sessions :
The structure and analysis of
medical terms
Roots, prefix and suffix in medical
terms
The basic of medical terminology
Two practical sessions
History
a vocabulary from ancient Greek
and Latin
Ancient doctors, e.g.
Hippocrates:
epilepsy, dysentery, asthma, diarrhea
Why do we need to
learn medical
terminology ?
How do we learn
medical
terminology?
like learning other languages:
memorize the vocabulary!!
logical language:
most terms can be broken
down into its basic component
parts and understood
basic word structure
PANCYTOPENIA
PREFIX
COMBININ
WORD G VOWEL
ROOT
SUFFI
X
COMBINING
FORM
Medical
Terminology
Commonly Used
Roots, Prefix and
Suffix
WORD ROOT
FOUNDATION OF THE
WORD
GASTER
=GASTROS
ROOT
(stomach
)
PREFIX
WORD BEGINNING
EPIGASTRIC
PREFIX
(above)
SUFFIX
WORD ENDING
GASTRITIS
SUFFIX
(inflammation)
COMPOUND WORD
TWO OR MORE WORD ROOTS
ELECTROCARDIOGRA
M
GASTROENTERITIS
WORD ROOTS
LEUKOCYTE
LEUKOCYTOSIS
LEUKOCYTOPENIA
SUFFIX or COMPOUND
SUFFIX FORM
Correlate an
understanding of a word
with basic anatomy,
physiology, and disease
process of the human
PANCYTOPENIA
body
PAN : all
CYT : cell
PENIA : deficiency
DEFICIENCY OF ALL CELLS
(deficiency of all types of
blood cells)
LEUKEMIA
LEUK (root): white
EM (root): blood
IA (suffix): state (noun)
EMIA (compound-suffix form): state of
blood
white blood
malignancy of white blood
cells
The origin of
a medical term
Greek noun or adjective
Greek verb
Latin noun or adjective
Latin verb
Influence how it was used in
modern medical term
Tissue
DISEASED/ ABNORMAL:
GREEK WORD
normal
TESTIS
UTERUS
VAGINA
OVARIUM
TUBA
NASUS
ORIS
HEPAR
and
orch/oabnormal
orchitis
metr/o
colp/o
endometrit
s
colpitis
vaginitis
oophor/o
Oophoritis
salphynx
salphyngit
rhin/o
s
stomat/one
rhinitis
p
Stomatitis
normal
REN
COR
PULMO
and
abnormal
nephr/o
cardi/o
pneum/o
nephritis
carditis
pneumoniti
s
pneumonia
CORNEA
kerat/o
keratitis
AURIS
ot/o
otitis
CEREBRUM encephal/o
encephaliti
s
Lipolysis
Lipogenesis
Lipodystrophy
lipoma
CUTIS
CUTANE/0
Intracutane, subcutane
DERMIS
DERMAT/O
: SKIN
dermatitis
leukoderma
epidermis
dermatology
VASA
VASCUL/O
vascularisation, avascular
ANGI/O : BLOOD VESSEL
angiopathy/ vasculopathy
angiography
Angiogram
angioma
Vasculitis
hematology
hematopoiesis
anemia
cholesterolemia
hemoglobin
hypodermic,
dermatology
hemoglobin,
hematology
stoma,
stomatos
tracheostomy,
stomatitis
Greek Verbs
gignesth
ai
gen(e) pathogenesis
- gen
hematogen
lyein
ly(s)-
hemolysis
tome
tom-
cholecystoto
my
rhe-
diarrhea,
leukorrhea
Latin Nouns
Combining form of a noun is
found by dropping the ending
(a, um)
fistula fistulectomy
vagina vaginoplasty
lympha lymphogen
ileum ileostomy
cerebrum cerebrovascular
palatum palatorrhaphy
ERYTHROBLAST
ERYTHROCYTE
ERYTHROCLAST
ERYTHEMATOUS
ERYSIPELAS
ERYTHREMIA
ERYTHRODERMA
GRISEUS = POLIOS =
PHAIOS =GREY
Substantia grisea
Poliomyelitis
Body activities
Audio = acouo = to hear
Opsia = opia = blepo =
to see
Phagien = to eat
Dipsa = to drink
Phrasis = to speech
Laleo = to talk
Gradior = to walk
Halo = pneu = to breathe
Oureo = to urinate
Ergo = to work
Sedeo =sella = to sit
Qualitative Measurement
Major= magnus
= mega = great
Minor = parvus
= small
Breve = short
Longus = long
Durum = hard
Mollis = soft
Bradys = tardus =
slow
Tachys = celer =
fast
Poly = multi =
many
Oligos = few = rare
Asthenia = weak
Sthenia = strong
prefix
Location
supra/super /
retr/o
ultra
epi
par/a
peri
end/o
ento en
eso
intra
infra/ sub
extra
ect/o
exo
ec
prefix
Location
mes/o
Circum/peri
Ante = before
Meta = behind
Trans = beyond, to the other side
Inter = between, among
Dia = complete = through
Per = through, over
Ana = upon, upwards
Cata = downward
prefix Location
examples:
ectopic pregnancy
ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
encephalitis
endometrium vs. parametrium
endotoxin vs. exotoxin
Periosteum, pericardium
Circumoral, circumductio
retroperitoneal
suprarenal, etc.
prefix - number
A/AN
NULLI
WITHOUT
LACKING
DEFICIENT
ANEMIA
APLASTIC ANEMIA
ANALGESIA
NULLIPARA
prefix number
hemi
HALF
semi
PARTIAL
HEMIPARESIS
HEMIPLEGIA
HEMIHYPERTROPHY
SEMICOMATOSE
prefix number
uni - mono
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
MONOPARESIS
MONONUCLEAR CELLS
UNICELLULAR
UNILATERAL
st
primi
prefix number
PRIMIPARA, PRIMIPAROUS
PRIMIGRAVIDA
PRIMITIVE
PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS
prefix number
BI DI(PLO)
BICUSPID VALVE
BICEPS
BIFURCATIO
DIPLOCOCCUS
DIPLOID
prefix number
MULTI MANY :
MULTIPARA, MULTINUCLEAR
GIANT CELLS, MULTIGRAVIDA
3 - TRI :
TRICUSPIDALIS, TRI IN DIE
4 - TETRA :
TETRAPARESES, TETRAPLEGIA
5 - PENTA : PENTAMER
negative sense
ANTI (ANT):
CONTRA =
AGAINST, OPPOSED
ANTIBIOTIC
ANTIHISTAMINE
ANTITOXIN
MAL = BAD
Malnutrition, malaria
A, AN = ABSENCE OF SOMETHING,
DEFICIENT
Anaerobe, anemia,
anhidrosis
negative sense
dys :
difficult, painful, abnormal
DYSMENORRHEA
DYSPEPSIA
DYSTROPHY
(DUCHENNE
MUSCULODYSTROPHY)
HYPOGLYCEMIA
HYPERGLYCEMIA
HYPOTHYROIDISM HYPERTHYROIDIS
M
HYPOTENSI
HYPERTENSI
HYPODERMIC
bradycardia
bradypnea
suffix noun
a, ia, y, sia,
sis, asia, asis,
esis, ema,
ism, us:
dyspnea, rhinorrhea
anemia,
osteomalacia
hypertrophy
ectasia
arteriosclerosis
state,
condition
nephrolithiasis
erythema
hyperchromasi
a
diuresis
synergism
hydrocephalus
suffix noun
itis
oma
,ma
oophoritis
endometritis
colitis ulcerosa
hepatitis
carditis
inflammation
tumor, disease
fibroadenoma
adenocarcinoma
glioma
edema
lymphoma
Suffix
NOUN - ADJECTIVE
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
cyanosis
anemia
nervus
sclerosis
stenosis
paralysis
cyanotic
anemic
nervous
sclerotic
stenotic
paralytic
SUFFIXES
-ALGIA =
PAIN
-CELE =
HERNIA
-CENTESIS = SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOT
A FLUID
-PENIA =
DECREASE
-DYNIA = PAIN
-LYSIS =
DESTRUCTION = BREAKDOWN
-MALACIA = SOFTENING
-OPSY =
TO VIEW
-POIESIS = FORMATION
-PLASIA = DEVELOPMENT
SUFFIXES
-OSIS = ABNORMAL CONDITION
-PATHY = DISEASE
-PEXY = FIXATION
-STASIS = STOPPING. CONTROLING
-SCOPE = INSTRUMENT FOR
EXAMINATION
-PTOSIS = DROPPING
change to
is
um
us
a
ex/ix
es
a
i
ae
ices
Examples of plurals
is to es
SINGULAR
PLURAL
anastomosis
metastasis
epiphysis
prosthesis
anastomoses
metastases
epiphyses
prostheses
Examples of plurals
um to a
SINGULAR
PLURAL
bacterium
diverticulum
ovum
bacteria
diverticula
ova
Examples of plurals
us to i
SINGULAR
calculus
bronchus
bronchiolus
nucleus
PLURAL
calculi
bronchi
bronchioli
nuclei
Examples of
plurals
a to ae
SINGULAR
vertebra
bursa
bulla
PLURAL
vertebrae
bursae
bullae
Examples of plurals
ix or ex to ices
SINGULAR
PLURAL
apex
varix
apices
varices
Examples of plurals
add ta
SINGULAR
PLURAL
stoma
condyloma
stomata
Condylomata
Abbreviations
1. Measurements
2. Chemical
3. Diagnoses
4. Procedures
5. Health Professions
6. Charting
Abbreviations
Measurements
g or
gm
mcg
tsp
kcal
mMol/L
g/dL
mg%
BMI
gram
microgram
teaspoon
calorie
mMol per liter
gram per deciliter
miligram percent
body mass index
Abbreviations
Chemical
O2 (oxygen)
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
NaCl (sodium chloride)
RL (Ringer Lactate)
K (potassium, kalium)
Abbreviations
Diagnoses
CP (cerebral palsy)
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome)
ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia)
CVA (cerebrovascular accident)
CVD (cardiovascular disease)
DHF (Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever)
Abbreviations
Procedures (1)
radiology
Abbreviations
Procedures (2)
laboratory
2 hr pp (2 hour post prandial
blood glucose)
LDH (lactic dehydrogenase)
CK (creatine kinase)
LFT (liver function test)
RFT (renal function test)
Abbreviations
Health professions
MD (medical doctor)
ENT (ear, nose,
throat)
OB (obstetry)
GYN (gynecology)
diagnosis/diseases (1)
related to organ system/
tissue
inflammation: rhinopharyngitis,
cystitis
tumor/ cancer: hepatocellular
carcinoma, osteosarcoma, melanoma
maligna, neurofibromatosis
condition: mitral stenosis,
arteriosclerosis, nephrolithiasis, dysenteri,
hemothorax
syndrome: nephrotic syndrome,
hepatorenal syndrome, AIDS
diagnosis/diseases (2)
related to the causing
factors
organism:
toxin:
tetanus (tetanin C. tetani)
botulism (botulinum C. botulinum)
diagnosis/diseases (3)
named after the person
signs:
who found it
Turner syndrome
Biot respiration
Spleen Schuffner 1-8
disease:
therapy/
treatment
Causative/ Curative: address the
Abbreviations
Charting
surgical
pyloromyotomi,
osteotomi
procedures
prognosis
dubia ad malam
dubia ad bonam
five years survival rate of 80%
fatality rate
remission rate
cure rate
other
terms
ILEUM vs.
ILIUM
HEPATOMA vs.
HEMATOMA
How do we analyze a
medical terms?
break it down into its
component part
find the meaning of every part
Read the meaning from the
suffix back to the first part of
the word
PANCYTOPENIA
PAN (prefix): all
CYT (root): cell
PENIA (suffix-form): deficiency
DEFICIENCY OF ALL CELLS
(deficiency of all types of blood
cells)
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
ELECTR (root): electricity
CARDI (root): heart
GRAM (suffix): record
The record of the electricity of
the heart
GASTROENTERITIS
GASTR (root): stomach
ENTER (root): intestines
ITIS (suffix): inflammation
Inflammation of the stomach
and intestines
PANCYTOPENIA
ELECTROCARDIOGRA
M
GASTROENTERITIS
ASYNERGY
A (prefix): without
SYN (prefix): together
ERG (root): working
Y (suffix): noun-suffix
without synergy
without working together
OSTEOSARCOMA
OSTEO (combining form): bone
SARCOMA (suffix-form): tumor
of the tissue
SARC (root): tissue
OMA (suffix): tumor
RETROPERITONEAL
RETRO (prefix): behind
PERITONEUM (root
peritonaion): to stretch over
AL (suffix): adjectival suffix
behind the peritoneum
Peritoneum is a serous sac that lines
the abdominal cavity
Further Readings
Chabner DE. The Language of
Medicine. W.B. Saunders
Company, 1981
Dunmore CW, Fleischer RM.
Medical Terminology.
Exercises in Etymology, 2nd
ed. F.A Davis Company, 1985
Dennerll JT. Medical
Terminology. A Programmed
Text, 5th ed. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., 1988
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