Medical Terminology

 

What is Medical Terminology?

Why do we need it?

Breaking Down Medical Terms

Prefix: Beggining part of the word 

Root: Main Part of the word

Suffix: End part of the word

 

Example: hemigastrectomy

Prefix: hemi

Root: gastr

Suffix: ectomy

Meaning:

Surgical Removal of half the stomach

hemi = half            gastr = stomach           ectomy = removal

Medical Terminology

By Kenneth Banico

Medical Terminology

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