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Axia College Material

Appendix B

BuiIding a MedicaI VocabuIary Ch. 1

Complete activities A, B, & C, and post to the IndividuaI forum.

A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in
problems 1-8. Click the grey box to begin typing.

-ic
-pathy
hepat/o-
an-
-megaly

sub-
gastr/o-
ven/o-
esthes/o-
cutane/o-

-ectomy
poly-
hemat/o-
-ous
-ia

-oma
-ous
neur/o-
appendic/o-
intra-


1. Pertaining to the liver

2. Pertaining to underneath the skin

3. Surgical removal of the appendix

4. Pertaining to within the vein

5. Disease of many nerves

6. Enlargement of the liver

7. Swelling of the blood

8. Condition of not feeling



B. Define the following word parts.

-ac

Pertaining to -ar Pertaining to
-ary

Pertaining to -ion Action; condition
-osis Condition; abnormal
Condition; process
Peri-

around
Hyper-

Above; more than normal Brady-

Slow
Post-

After; behind Anti-

against
Dys- Painful; difficult, abnormal Laryng/o-

Larynx (voice box)


Hepatic
ntravenous
Anesthesia
Hematoma
Hepatomegaly
Appendectomy
Subcutaneous
Polyneuropathy
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C. n the following activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create
a definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to
record your answers.

MedicaI Word Prefix
Combining
form Suffix Definition
Etymology
Etym/o -ology The study of word origins and derivations.

Sentence: The doctors used etymology to research the differences between today's and past
medical terminology.

Mastectomy
Mast/o -ectomy Removal of the breast

Sentence: Due to the presence of untreatable cancer Molly had to undergo a mastectomy.
Neuroma
Neuro/o -oma Tumor of the nerve

Sentence: The pain in Mrs. Meyer's foot was linked to a Morton neuroma and had to be removed.
Tachycardia
Tachy- Cardi/o- -ia Condition of a fast heart.

Sentence: Mr. Meyers was diagnosed by his doctor with ventricular tachycardia.
Endotracheal
Endo- Trache/o- -al Pertaining to within the trachea

Sentence: Due to the patients inability to breathe when reaching the emergency room an
endotracheal intubation was needed.
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