Welcome to Medical Terminology

Nena Scott, MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCSP

Course Outcomes

Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to: Define the word elements of a medical term. Formulate proper definitions of presented medical terms. Compose accurate medical terms, based on established

medical terminology guidelines. Demonstrate the singular and plural forms of medical

terminology. Interpret simulated medical reports using medical

terminology. Demonstrate the ability to translate medical terminology and

information into layman’s terms for non-medical personnel or patients.

General Information• Print the syllabus and keep available to reference

during the term.

• Due dates for each unit is located on the syllabus

• Weekly unit assignments will include Seminar Discussion Board Unit Exams Unit 5 and 8 Projects

• A weekly announcements will be posted on Wednesday that will outline the weeks requirements

Contact Information Kaplan Email Address: NScott@kaplan.edu

Course/Seminar Day and Time (ET)Section Instructor Seminar

Date /Time (ET)

Email

1 Nena Scott Wed. 4:00pm

Nscott@kaplan.edu

18 Nena Scott Wed. 10:00pm

Nscott@kaplan.edu

19 Christine Hollander Wed. 11:00am

Chollander@kaplan.edu

26FT Christine Hollander Wed. 1:00pm

Chollander@kaplan.edu

5 Cheryl Kester Tues. 8:00pm

Ckester@kaplan.edu

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Projects

• Templates for projects are located in DocSharing

• A description of all projects can be found under unit 5 and 8 in the course

• Project should be completed in Microsoft Word and submitted in the drop box.

• Projects should be completed using APA style formatting

Seminar

Option 1 Purpose – interact with class mates, review

important points of each lesson, answer questions and concerns of students.

Expectations - participate in discussion, arrive on time and stay the whole hour.

Grading rubric used to assign grade

Option 2 Takes place of one hour seminar Tougher grading criteria – grading rubric

used to assign grade

Discussion• Please do not work ahead on the discussion board because staying

together on the discussion will help everyone in the learning process.

• Your initial discussion board post is due by Saturday night

• Posting the initial post early in the week will help you because you will need to respond to two post to receive the total 35 points.

• Also, posting early in the week will give me time to respond and in my response I try to give you a challenge question and your response to my question will count as one of the required responses.

• It is important to have quality discussion board post to enhance learning.

• Make sure you utilize spell check and list all references.

Chapter 1

Introduction to Word Parts

OBJECTIVES

• Identify and define the four word parts

• Identify and define a combining form

• Analyze and define medical terms

• Build medical terms for given definitions

Understand the Content of Chapter 1 Before Moving on to Chapter 2

• Chapter 1 is the most important chapter in the text because it is here that you are introduced to word parts—word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and combining vowels—and the rules for combining them to build medical terms.

• You will use this information in each of the subsequent chapters to analyze, build, define, and spell terms built from word parts

Medicine Has a Language of Its Own

Current medical vocabulary includes terms built from Greek and Latin word parts, eponyms, acronyms, and terms from modern language

Origins of Medical Language

The 4 Word Parts

Word Root: Fundamental meaning of a medical term

Prefix: Attached to beginning of a medical term to modify its meaning

Suffix: Attached to end of a medical term to modify its meaning

Combining Vowel: Used to ease pronunciation - usually an “o” (e, i, or u)

Examples

Word Roots: arthr: joint hepat: liver

ven: vein oste: bone

Prefixes: intra-: within sub-: under

Suffixes: -itis: inflammation -ic: pertaining to -ous: pertaining to -pathy: disease

Combining vowel: o

Combining Form

Word Root + Combining Vowels

Examples: arthr/o hepat/o ven/o oste/o

Examples of word parts and combining vowel in use

P WR S P WR S WR CV WR S

sub/hepat/ic intra/ven/ous oste/o/arthr/itis

Some Basic Rules

• All medical terms have at least one word root

• Not all medical terms have a prefix, suffix, or combining vowel

• Combining vowels are used to connect word roots or word root and suffix

• When a suffix begins with a vowel, the combining vowel is not used

Example: arthritis (“o”)

Some Basic Rules (cont’d)

• When connecting two word roots, a combining vowel is usually used even if vowels are present at the junction

Example: oste/o/arthr/itis

• Usually medical terms are defined by starting at the end of the term and going back to the beginning

Example: oste/o/arthr/itis─inflammation of the bone and joints

Some Basic Rules (cont’d)

• A few terms are more easily and accurately defined by starting at the beginning of the term.

Example: melan/oma

melan = black

-oma = tumor

Word Parts for PracticeWord Roots:(Comb. Forms)

arthr/o: joint

hepat/o: liver

ven/o: vein

osteo: bone

Combining Vowel:o

Prefixes:

intra-: within

sub-: under

Suffixes:

-itis: inflammation

-ic: pertaining to

-ous: pertaining

-pathy: disease

Analyze and Define

• arthritis

• intravenous

• osteitis

• osteoarthritis

• subhepatic

• osteopathy

• arthropathy

• hepatitis

Building Medical Terms

arthr/itis - inflammation of joints

intra/ven/ous - pertaining to within a vein

oste/itis - inflammation of the bone

oste/o/arthr/itis - inflammation of the bone and joint

sub/hepat/ic - pertaining to under the liver

oste/o/pathy - disease of the bone

arthr/o/pathy - disease of the joint

hepat/itis - inflammation of the liver

Review – Chapter 11. Most medical terms in current use are composed of what type of

word parts? 2. What is acronym?3. What is a medical term derived from the name of a person

called?4. Each medical term build from word parts contain one or more5. A prefix is a word part that6. The word part that is the core of the word is a7. A word root with the combining vowel attached and separated by

a forward slash is a(n)8. When analyzing a medical term build from word parts, the

combining vowel would be labeled as9. In the medical term hepatitis, the word part hepat is a10. In the medical term intravenous, the word part intra is11. In the medical term arthritis, what is the word part itis 12. In the medical term arthropathy, what is the word part arthro

Answers1. Greek and Latin word parts

2. Formed from the first letters of words in a phrase

3. Eponym

4. Word Roots

5. Attaches to the beginning of a medical word

6. Word root

7. Combining form

8. CV

9. Word root

10. Prefix

11. Suffix

12. Combining Form

Questions & After Seminar

• Review the rubrics for grading and let me know if you have questions

• Contact me: On AIM - NenaSctt Kaplan Email - NScott@kaplan.edu Questions?