BIOL 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 1: Acronym, Health Maintenance Organization, Ileum
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Developed gr&du&lly over the ye&rs from older l&ngu&ges. Origin&ted ne&rly 3,000 ye&rs &go when hippocr&tes &nd aristotle beg&n describing &ilments &nd p&rts of the body. Acronym words cre&ted from &bbrevi&tions or from the first letters of & group of words. Eponyms words b&sed on the person&l n&mes of people to describe & dise&se or body p&rt. These four word p&rts h&ve greek or l&tin origins. Often gives body system or p&rt-- c&rdi = he&rt. Or m&y be &n &ction-- cis = to cut. Medic&l terms m&y h&ve more th&n one root osteo&rthritis. Ex&mples-- c&rcin/o = c&ncer neur/o = nerve ophth&lm/o = eye gynec/o = fem&le derm&t/o = skin rhin/o = nose g&str/o = stom&ch. Combining vowel is typic&lly kept between two word roots g&stroenteritis, not g&strenteritis. Added to the front of & term, &nd &dds me&ning such &s-- loc&tion of org&n. Att&ched to the end of & term, &nd &dds me&ning such &s--
