医学专业英语 词汇构成 第1章 .ppt

gastr/o/enter/itis 1. -itis means inflammation. 2. gastr/o means stomach. 3. enter means intestine. inflammation of somach and intestine Thank you! Medical Terminology Xuemei Gu Department of Endocrinology, 1st Affiliated hospital of WZMC CONCEPT Medical terminology is a special vocabulary used by health care professionals for effective and accurate communication. based mainly on Greek Latin 心 heart cardia cor 肠 bowel enteron intestine example Laryngopharyngectomy Laryngo/phary/gectomy 咽喉切除术 Hysterosalpingooophorectomy Hysterosal/pingoo/opho/rectomy 子宫输卵管切除术 Word elements Word root Suffix Prefix Combining form How you combine these elements and whether all or some of them are present in a medical word determine the meaning of a word. Root Root is the fundamental unit of each medical word A word root is the main part or foundation of a word; all medical words have at least one word root. teacher, teaches, teaching teach speaker, speaks, speaking speak A word root may be used alone or combined with other elements to form another word with a different meaning. alcohol alcoholism (condition marked by impaired control over alcohol use) sperm spermicide (agent that kills sperm) thyroid thyroidectomy (excision of the thyroid gland) Root as a Complete Word Root as a Part of a Word suffix A suf?x is a short word part or series of parts added at the end of a root to modify its meaning gastritis gastr- -itis -ic gastric gastrology -ology Suffix Word root + Suffix = Noun Anem -ia Anemia Word root + Suffix = Adjective Anem -ic Anemic Suffix may chan