Prefixes and Suffixes

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Prefixes and Suffixes Chapters 2 & 3.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Color Coding of word parts: From now on you will see:  all. WORD ROOTS highlighted in PURPLE  all COMBINING VOWELS highlighted in RED  all SUFFIXES highlighted in BLUE  all PREFIXES highlighted in GREEN.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Medical Terms that are constructed from parts . To review, medical terms that are constructed from parts may include:. Word Roots  Prefixes  Suffixes  One or more Combining Vowels (usually an “o” or an “i” .

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> Prefix: a beginning . Always attaches to the BEGINNING of a word. **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a prefix always remains the same..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> PREFIXES: Prefixes express:. Numbers, measurements, position, direction, negatives, and color.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Prefixes that express NUMBERS: BiTriUniPrimiSemiTetraQuadriMilli-. 6.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> Prefixes that express. MEASUREMENTS:. HyperHyp/hypoMultiPoly-. 7.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> Prefixes that express POSITION or DIRECTION AbAdAmbiAnteCircumEndo-. 8.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> Prefixes that express COLOR: albinoCyan chlorErythrLeukMelan/oCirrh/o-. 9.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(10)</span> Prefixes that express NEGATIVES: AAnAnaAntiContraDis. 10.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(11)</span> Suffix: an ending Always attaches to the END of a word Makes a word a noun or an adjective. **IMPORTANT NOTE: The meaning of a suffix always remains the same..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(12)</span> Suffixes: Suffixes usually make a word a:. Noun or an adjective.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(13)</span> Let’s look at more Noun Suffixes! These suffixes make words into Nouns: -a -er -ist -ism. Examples: Cyanoderma Radiographer Psychologist Albinism.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(14)</span> Suffixes- Adjective endings In medical terminology, suffixes are what change a word to be an adjective (or a noun, as we saw earlier). What follows next is a list of the most common “Adjective Suffixes”.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(15)</span> Suffixes – Adjective endings -ac -al -ar -ic -ical -ile -ory -ous -tic. All of these suffixes mean the same thing: PERTAINING TO.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(16)</span> Let’s see them used in examples: -ac -al -ar -ic -ical -ile -ory -ous -tic. “cardiac” = pertaining to the heart “duodenal” = pertaining to the duodenum “ventricular” = pertaining to the ventricle “thoracic” = pertaining to the thorax “neurological” = pertaining to the nerves/brain “febrile” = pertaining to fever “auditory” = pertaining to hearing “venous” = pertaining to veins “cyanotic” = pertaining to blueness.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(17)</span> Pronunciation Practice Apnea Hemiplegia Intercostal Intravenous Primigravida Anemia Osteoblast Epilepsy Tonometry. Hemolytic Autism Arachnophobia Lipoma Lithotripsy Colostomy Dyspnea.

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