Medical Terminology: Understanding Suffixes and Word Roots
Explore the fundamentals of medical terminology including suffixes, word roots, spelling, pronunciation, and more. Test your knowledge with practice exercises and identify soft and hard C or G sounds in medical terms.
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LIST OF CONTENTS Review (What do you know about Terminology, Roots) Suffixes Spelling of medical terms Pronunciation of medical terms Test Home work (quiz with all suffixes and their examples) 2ND LECT. Lect. Dr. Laith & Dr. Asaad
SUFFIXES A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or to produce a new word (part of speech). Gastr(Noun) +O +scopy (Suff.)= gastroscopy (visualizing the stomach) Gastr(Noun) +O +tomy (Suff.)= gastrotomy (incision the stomach) dent (N.)+ al = dental (adjective).( relating to the teeth) Neur+ algia= neuralgia (having pain in the nerve) Neur+ itis = neuritis (inflammation of the nerve) Neuro+plasty =neuroplasty (plastic repair of the nerve) although the three words above have the same root Neur, they have different meaning because of the different suffixes.
Practice 1.1 Identify whether each of the following words has A soft or hard C or G. Word esophageal esophagus encephalo Laryngoscopy gallbladder cerebral Sarcoma leukocyte nephrology oncologist
ANSWERS 1- soft g 6- soft c 2- hard g 7- hard c 3- soft c 8-soft c 4- hard (g c) 9- soft g 5- hard g 10- hard c soft g
