《医学英语》课件：suffixes,prefixes.ppt

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1、BASICELEMENTSOFMEDICALWORDYeWeiWeSirRunRunShawHospital2014WordRootFoundationorcoreAllmedicalwordscontainoneormoreConveysfundamentalmeaningExample:HEPAT/ITIS"HEPAT"(liver)isthewordroot.SUFFIXMedicaltermsmay/maynotcontainasuffixAttachedtotheendofawordrootAlter

2、sormodifiesthemeaningExample:HEPAT/ITIS"-ITIS"(inflammation)isthesuffix.PREFIXAttachedtothebeginningInfluencesthemeaningNotallmedicaltermscontainaprefixExample:SUB/HEPAT/IC"SUB-"(under)istheprefix.("-IC"isthesuffixforpertainingto,subhepaticmeanspertainingtoun

3、dertheliver.)COMBININGVOWELUsuallyan“O”LinkstwowordrootsorawordrootandasuffixEasespronunciationNotallmedicaltermscontaincombiningvowelsHasnomeaningofitsownAwordrootwhichavowelisattachediscalledacombiningformRULESWhenconnectingtwowordroots,acombiningvowelisusu

4、allyusedevenwhenvowelsarepresentatthejunction-oste/o/arthr/itisWhenconnectingawordrootandasuffix,acombiningvowelisusuallynotusedifthesuffixbeginswithavowel-hepat/icSTOP!IwillnowtestyourknowledgeBASICELEMENTSOFMEDICALWORD(Review)Identifyanddefinetheprefixine

5、achofthefollowingwords:1.amorphous(withoutform)(rootmorph/o)a-not,without,lackof,absence2.antibody_____3.amnesia_____4.disintegrate_____5.contralateral_____6.incontinent_____7.dehumidify_____8.noncontributoryBASICELEMENTSOFMEDICALWORD(Review)Matchthefollowi

6、ngtermsandwritetheappropriatelettertotheleftofeachnumber:_____1.primarya.onehalforonesideofthechest_____2.trisectb.havingmanyforms_____3.unilateralc.tocutintothreeparts_____4.polymorphousd.pertainingtooneside_____5.hemithoraxe.first_____6.neonatef.cellwithyel

7、lowcolor_____7.melanomag.throughtheskin_____8.xanthocyteh.darktumor_____9.percutaneousi.anewborn_____10.leukodermaj.lossofcolorintheskinBASICELEMENTSOFMEDICALWORD(alittlequiz)-algesia,-algiapain-dyniapain-ectasisdilation.Expansion-emesisvomiting-desisbindin

8、g,fixationBASICELEMENTSOFMEDICALWORD(alittlequiz)-rrheadischarge,flow-rrhaphysuturerepair-trophydevelopment,nourishment-stasisstandingstill-stenosisnarrowing,strictureBASICELEMENTSOFME