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.