HNFE 2204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medical Terminology, Phonetics, Angiography

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The medical language provides very specific information about what is happening with a patient. Medical terminology is the common language used by health professionals. Terms you learn in this class will be useful as you go forward as you will learn general terms related to all systems in the body. You will also learn terms related to testing, diagnosis and treatment of conditions pertaining to each body system. Phonetics: symbols used to show how a word should be pronounced. Is the symbol for a long e, as in bee . Is the symbol for a short e, as in system . Pronunciation is indicated with letters of the alphabet and stress marks that indicate which syllable (or syllables) should be accented. Sound as in a ah aw e day. Beet, here bed system ow oy y pencil. Boy, oil prune cube island hip u put. Not completely saying the word part: identify common word roots in medical terminology.

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