Medical Terms 英语教学课件.pptx

MedicalTerms

Professional

ProfessionalEnglishGeneralEnglishHowareyoutoday?Mr.Paulhasmyocarditis.

Doyouhavearegistrationcard?UlcerscausedupperGItracthemorrhage.YouneedtotaketheECGforpreoperativetest.IVisanintravenous.

cardiomegalycholecystectomyanaerobicgastroenterologistmyocarditisendocardiumhepatitisrhabdomyolysistachycardiaoligohydramnios

MedicalTerms

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WordRootPrefixCombiningVowelSuffix

MedicalTermsPrefixWordRootSuffixCombiningVowel

enter(wordroot)-ic(suffix)[intestine][adjective]enteric

1.WordRoot

WordRootcardinephrneurbrochgastrmyel

Cardi——theheart

Nephr——thekidneys

Myel——spinalcord

cardi+o+-logy=

cardiologythebranchofmedicinethatstudiesdiseasesoftheheart

Choice:Thebranchofmedicinethatdealswithdiseasesofthekidneys?A.NephrlogyB.NephrologyC.NephrogramD.cardiologyHint:nephr=kidney

2.suffix

Asuffixattachestotheendofaterm,commonlydenotingakindofcondition.e.g.–ist——apersonwithacertainprofession此照片，作者:未知作者，许可证:CCBY-NC-NDSuffixPoster-ectomysurgicalremoval…-osisabnormalcondition-acpertainingto-umnounending

-osis

(condition,increase)

-tomy

(cutting)

-oma

(tumor)

-itis

-itisGastritisHepatitisNephritis

Thecombiningvowelisdroppedbeforeasuffixthatbeginswithavowel.oGastr--itis

Thecombiningvowelisdroppedbeforeasuffixthatbeginswithavowel.Gastritis

3.Prefix

Aprefixcomesinfrontofawordroot.3.Writingtheprefixindependently,thereisahyphenattheend.2.Theprefixoftendescribeslocation,timeornumber.

peri-

(surrounding)

post-

(after)PostpartumDepression

mono-

(single)

hypertension(abovethenormal)

hypertension(hyper-)hypotension(hypo-)

4.Combiningvowel

Electr/o/cardi/o/gramHemat/o/logyCardi/o/my/o/pathy

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