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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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