HSC 3537 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Globin, Gastroenterology, Radiography
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All medical terms must have 1 or more roots and a suffix. Hemat/o/logy root suffix combining vowel hemat means blood. Prefix: small part attached to the beginning of a term. Combining vowel: vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root. Electr/o/cardi/o/gram root root suffix combining vowels electr means electricity cardi means heart. Note: drop combining vowel when suffix starts with a vowel (as in itis ) Gastr/o/enter/o/logy root root suffix combining vowels gastr means stomach enter means intestines. Hypo/gastr/ic prefix root suffix hypo- means below gastr means stomach. Epi/gastr/ic prefix root suffix epi- means above gastr means stomach. Y specialist inflammation process of study tumor, mass, swelling process of viewing condition, usually abnormal disease condition instrument to visually examine process of visually examining state of; condition process of cutting, incision process, condition. When is above a vowel, the sound is long. When is above a vowel, the sound is short.
