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Tishk International UniversityPharmacy Faculty
Medical English
1st Grade- Spring Semester 2020-2021
TOPIC: Analysing of medical terms II
Lecture Objectives
• At the end of this lecture, you will able to:• Recognise the course syllabus
• Identify the main resources, textbooks, etc
• Analyse the medical and technical terms
EXERCISE 5 COMBINING ROOTS AND SUFFIXESTHAT DENOTE MEDICAL CONDITIONS• card/i/o the new word meaning
• -itis ____________________ ____________________
• -malacia ____________________ ____________________
• -megaly ____________________ ____________________
EXERCISE 6 COMBINING ROOTS AND SUFFIXES THAT DENOTE DIAGNOSTIC TERMS, TEST INFORMATION, OR SURGICAL PROCEDURES• card/i/o the new word meaning
• -genic ____________________ ____________________
• -gram ____________________ ____________________
• -graph ____________________ ____________________
EXERCISE 7 COMBINING ROOTS AND SUFFIXESASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL PRACTICE OR PRACTITIONER• card/i/o the new word meaning
• -logy ____________________ ____________________
• -logist ____________________ ____________________
EXERCISE 8 COMBINING ROOTS AND SUFFIXESTHAT DENOTE ADJECTIVES• card/i/o -ac ____________________ ____________________
WORD PARTS RELATED TO BODY ORGANIZATION• Word Part Meaning
• cerv/o ………………….
• chondr/o …………………….
• cyt/o, -cyte ……………………..
• dors/o ……………….
Directional Terms
• Superior means above or nearer to the head.
• cranial and cephalic, also mean “toward the head.”
• Inferior and caudal mean below or toward the feet.
• Anterior relates to the front of the body.
• Ventral, usually used in veterinary anatomy, pertains to the front (anterior) or undersurface of an animal.
• Posterior specifies the back or toward the back of the body.
• Dorsal, generally used in veterinary anatomy, pertains to the back (posterior) or upper surface of an animal.
• Medial means toward the midline of the body
• lateral means away from the body’s midline or toward the side.
• Proximal refers to something nearer to the body trunk or point of attachment to the body.
• Distal means further from the body trunk or point of attachment.
• FIGURE Directional terms describe the body part in relationship to another.
• FIGURE The major body cavities shown in lateral view.
• FIGURE The regions of the spinal column show the locations of the vertebrae.