CPP 1101 Chapter 1:

• School: St. John's University
• Department: CPP - CLINICAL PHARMACY PRACTICE
• Course: CPP 1101
• Professor: Emily Ambizas

Document Summary

1. 1 | the purpose of medical language: reasons why medical language is necessary and useful: It allows health care professionals to be clear. Health care professionals are able to communicate with each other clearly, no matter what their first language is. It allows health care professionals to communicate quickly. Saves time to describe the symptoms of a disease or examine findings. It allows health care professionals to comfort patients. Reassures patients that health care professionals know what they"re doing. 1. 2 | the origins of medical language: medical language is made up primarily of words from two ancient languages: greek and latin, greek and latin serve as the foundation of medical language, some sources. Eponyms: greek words epi (upon) + onyma (name: meaning: putting your name on something. Acronyms: greek words acro (high, end) + onyma (name: meaning: to make a name with the ends, example: mri, stands for magnetic resonance imaging.