Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Medical Terminology
Some examples:
When To Keep The Combining Vowel
You will keep the combining vowel
when …
Examples:
When To Keep The Combining Vowel
You will keep the combining vowel
when …
Examples:
When To Drop The Combining Vowel
You will drop the combining vowel
when …
Why?
Examples:
Translating a
Medical Term
Step 1:
Step 2:
Term:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Term:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Term:
Step 1:
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Step 5:
Practice #1
Translate “tachycardia”
1. Break it down:
2. Translate suffix:
3. Translate prefix:
4. Translate root(s):
5. Assemble:
Practice #2
Translate “subcutaneous”
1. Break it down:
2. Translate suffix:
3. Translate prefix:
4. Translate root(s):
5. Assemble:
Thus Ends This Lecture