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MedicalTerminology王克勤

IntroductionEveryprofessionhasitsjargon,aspecializedlanguagethatallowsforquick,efficientcommunicationbetweenmembersofthesameprofessionwhileminimizingthepotentialformisunderstandings.

Medicalterminologyisaspecialvocabularyusedbyhealthcareprofessionalsforeffectiveandaccuratecommunication.BecauseitisbasedmainlyonGreekandLatinwords,medicalterminologyisconsistentanduniformthroughouttheworld.Itisalsoefficient;althoughsomeofthetermsarelong,theyoftenreduceanentirephrasetoasingleword.

Themedicalvocabularyisvast,andlearningitmayseemlikelearningtheentirevocabularyofaforeignlanguage.Moreover,likethejargonthatarisesinallchangingfields,itisalwaysexpanding.Thetaskseemsoverwhelming,buttherearemethodsthatcanaidinlearningandrememberingwordsandcanevenhelpinmakinginformedguessesregardingthemeaningsofunfamiliarwords.Mostmedicaltermscanbedividedintocomponentparts—roots,prefixes,andsuffixes—thatmaintainthesamemeaningwhenevertheyappear.Bylearningthesemeanings,youcananalyzeandremembermanywords.

Teachaperson500medicaltermsandtheyknow500medicalterms.Teachaperson500components(prefixes,roots,suffixes)andtheycanunderstandamedicalglossary

Thiscourseteachesyouhowmedicaltermsare‘built’or‘puttogether’insteadofjustmemorizinglotsof?medicalwordsandtheirmeanings.Youlearntorecognizethemeaningofamedicaltermbydividingthewordintoitsthreebasiccomponentparts:theprefix,rootandsuffix.Byknowingthemeaningsoftheprefixes,suffixes,androotwords,youcaneasilyfigureoutthemeaningofamedicalterm.Thistechniqueofwordbuildingisasimpleandstraightforwardwaytolearnmedicalterminologywithoutlonghoursofmemorizingthemedicaldictionary

WordBuildingBasics

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Greekwordfor“mind”Psyche01Greekwordfor“studyof”Logos02Psyc