MEDRADSC 1F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Hyperlipidemia, Lipo Language

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Medical Radiation Sciences
• Course: MEDRADSC 1F03
• Professor: Blazynski

Document Summary

Greeks founded modern medicine, in uences by universal latin language of the. Contain three parts: root, su x, pre x. Root is the foundation or subject of a term. Su x is the word ending that modi es and gives meaning to the root. One or more roots are combined with a su x to create medical terms. Pre x is the term component placed at the beginning of term to further modify the root(s) E. g. , hyperlipemia: hyper=pre x=excessive, lip=root=fat, emia=su x=blood condition. Medical terms often have two or more roots. E. g. , hyperlipoproteinemia: hyper=pre x=excessive, lip=root=fat, o=vowel, protein=root=protein, emia=su x=blood condition. When containing more than one root, they are joined by a vowel: typically an o, sometimes can be an i". Also used to link root and su x. Root and vowel together are called combining form. Meaning pertaining to excision or removal blood condition in ammation study of involuntary contraction creation of an opening incision.