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1、MedicalTerminologyIntroductionEveryprofessionhasitsjargon,aspecializedlanguagethatallowsforquick,efficientcommunicationbetweenmembersofthesameprofessionwhileminimizingthepotentialformisunderstandings.Medicalterminologyisaspecialvocabularyusedbyhealthcareprofessionalsforeffectiveandaccuratecommunica
2、tion.BecauseitisbasedmainlyonGreekandLatinwords,medicalterminologyisconsistentanduniformthroughouttheworld.Itisalsoefficient;althoughsomeofthetermsarelong,theyoftenreduceanentirephrasetoasingleword.Themedicalvocabularyisvast,andlearningitmayseemlikelearningtheentirevocabularyofaforeignlanguage.More
3、over,likethejargonthatarisesinallchangingfields,itisalwaysexpanding.Thetaskseemsoverwhelming,buttherearemethodsthatcanaidinlearningandrememberingwordsandcanevenhelpinmakinginformedguessesregardingthemeaningsofunfamiliarwords.Mostmedicaltermscanbedividedintocomponentparts—roots,prefixes,andsuffixes—
4、thatmaintainthesamemeaningwhenevertheyappear.Bylearningthesemeanings,youcananalyzeandremembermanywords.Teachaperson500medicaltermsandtheyknow500medicalterms.Teachaperson500components(prefixes,roots,suffixes)andtheycanunderstandamedicalglossaryThiscourseteachesyouhowmedicaltermsare‘built’or‘puttoget
5、her’insteadofjustmemorizinglotsof medicalwordsandtheirmeanings.Youlearntorecognizethemeaningofamedicaltermbydividingthewordintoitsthreebasiccomponentparts:theprefix,rootandsuffix.Byknowingthemeaningsoftheprefixes,suffixes,androotwords,youcaneasilyfigureoutthemeaningofamedicalterm.Thistechniqueofwor
6、dbuildingisasimpleandstraightforwardwaytolearnmedicalterminologywithoutlonghoursofmemorizingthemedicaldictionaryWordBuildingBasics复合型PsychologyPsycheGreekwordfor“mind”LogosGreekwordfor“studyof”cyto=“cell”,architectonics=“architecture”Broadmann’scytoarchitectonicmapCytoarchitechtonicdivision~50regio
7、nsExamplesWordPrefixRootEnding=DefinitionDyspneaDysPneA=DifficultbreathingApneaAPneA=AbsenceofbreathingBradypneaBradyPneA=SlowbreathingHeadCephalgia(aheadache)Encephal/oInsidethehead(brain)Encephalitis(infl