Prefix: The part of the word which comes before the stem and modifies or augments the meaning of the stem is called the prefix. In the term unforgettable, "forget" is the stem and "un" is the prefix. The prefix is the part of the word which comes before the stem. In the words imp...
•Medicalwordsarelikeindividual jigsawpuzzles.Onceyoudividethetermsintotheircomponentpartsandlearnthemeaningoftheindividualpartsyoucanusethatknowledgetounderstandmanyothernewterms.•Forexample,thetermHEMATOLOGYisdivided intothreeparts:HEMAT/Root(blood)of)O/combiningvowel LOGYsuffix(study •Whenanalyzingamedical...
②用人名来命名的词根(Eponyms) [唐氏综合征Down Syndrome] ③缩写(Acronyms) [SARS] Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ④现代语言(modern language) 1.prefix 前缀 ①数字 ②时间 ③位置 ④方向 2.root 词根 ①指的是身体的某个部分 ②也有可能表示数量,颜色,位置,一种表述 ③大部分来自拉丁语和希腊语 3.su...
In psychiatry, a speech disturbance in which words commencing with the same sounds, usually consonants, are notably frequent. [Fr. allitération, fr. L. ad, to, + littera, letter of alphabet] allium (al′e-um) A. sativum (family Liliaceae), whose bulb contains up to 0.9% of volatile ...
Learn about noun suffixes used in words with meanings of ~'studies,~' ~'senses,~' ~'substances,~' and ~'pertaining to.~' Suffixes The three main word parts that make up a medical term are the prefix, word root, and suffix. Each word part serves a different purpose in the medical ...
Prefix(P)–Attachedtothebeginningofaword,todescribe,modify,orlimit.Notallmedicaltermshaveprefixes.Examples:trans–across,throughintra–in,withinsub–lessthan,under Chapter5MedicalTerminology Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.5.1UnderstandingMedicalTerminology DecodingMedicalTerms Startwiththesuffix(theword...
1)basicpatternsrecognizingtheelementsofmedicalwordsandhowtheseelementscombinetoformwordswillenableyoutoreduceawordcorrectlyintoitspartsandalsotoformmanynewwords.Allmedicaltermsbeginwitharootandbuildfromit.Theoreticallyalmostanumberofelementscanbeaddedtotheroot.Pattern1rootPattern2root+(combiningvowel)+suffixPattern3...
（1）CommonEnglishWordswithMedicalMeanings普通英语词汇特定医学含义例一：Insuchcases,heartmurmurisoftenpresent.[译文]这类病例常出现心脏杂音。例二：Lymphnodesareenlargedbutarenottender.[译文]淋巴结肿大，但无触痛。例三：Don’tbreaktheblistersoryou‘llgetasecondaryinfection.[译文]不要弄破水疱，以免继发感染。
19、g of a term without changing its central meaning by keeping the word root the same. now let us take the word root therm 发热 (fa re) which means heat, and see how it is used to make words. hypo is the prefix and means less, so hypothermia 体温降低 (ti wen jiuan di) can me...
28、AL WORD,Pleur-,pleuro-(rib, side) denoting relationship to the rib, side,or the pleura Thorac-, thoraco-(chest) relating to the chest,LEARNING,Memorize Flash cards Repetition Memorize Practice, practice, practice,Practice words:,Malabsorption Pancarditis Subnormal Subtheraputic,Suprascapular Hemo...