Medical Terminology
Decode clinical language one meaningful piece at a time.
“Every unfamiliar word is a small map: learn its parts and you can find your way.”
By the end of this unit you can
- Break medical words into prefixes, roots, combining vowels, and suffixes.
- Recognize common body-system roots and patterns of number, place, and direction.
- Interpret common pathology, diagnostic, procedural, and treatment terms without making a diagnosis.
- Use common documentation abbreviations and anatomical position terms carefully.
- Apply pronunciation and plural patterns while checking uncertain meanings in context.
Unit checkpoint
Lock it in: match the terms, then test yourself.