Medical Language
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| The purpose of medical language? | - be clear
-communicate quickly
-provide comfort to patients
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| The origins of medical language? | Comes from 2 ancient languages (Greek and Latin)
Modern language (German, French and English)
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| Principles of medical language? | Do more than memorize the words
Be able to break down and understand words
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| Parts used to build medical Language | combo of root, suffix and prefix
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| How are medical terms translated | -read the word
-say the word out loud
-break word into parts
-translate the parts
-reassemble the pieces into a statement
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| Ultima | the last syllable
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| Penult | the almost last syllable
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| Antepenult | the one that is just before the penult
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| root | foundation or subject of the term
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| suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term
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| prefix | added to the beginning of a term when needed to further the root
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