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    1. Diacritical marks and capitalization are used throughout the text to aid in pronunciation of medical terms. 2. Rules are provided for pronouncing prefixes, suffixes, and certain letter combinations based on their origin and position within words. 3. Medical terms are constructed using prefixes, word roots often from Greek or Latin, and suffixes to modify meaning.

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    1. Diacritical marks and capitalization are used throughout the text to aid in pronunciation of medical terms. 2. Rules are provided for pronouncing prefixes, suffixes, and certain letter combinations based on their origin and position within words. 3. Medical terms are constructed using prefixes, word roots often from Greek or Latin, and suffixes to modify meaning.

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    1. Diacritical marks and capitalization are used throughout the text to aid in pronunciation of medical terms. 2. Rules are provided for pronouncing prefixes, suffixes, and certain letter combinations based on their origin and position within words. 3. Medical terms are constructed using prefixes, word roots often from Greek or Latin, and suffixes to modify meaning.

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    1. Diacritical marks and capitalization are used throughout the text to aid in pronunciation of medical terms. 2. Rules are provided for pronouncing prefixes, suffixes, and certain letter combinations based on their origin and position within words. 3. Medical terms are constructed using prefixes, word roots often from Greek or Latin, and suffixes to modify meaning.

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    RULES OF PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION MARKS

    ● Diacritical marks and capitalization are used to aid pronunciations


    1. For ae and oe, only the second vowel is pronounced.
    throughout the text.
    Examples are bursae, pleurae, and roentgen. ● Diacritical marks used to show vowel sounds, and
    2. The soft sound of s and j are given to c and g, respectively, before capitalization is used to show emphasis.
    ● Diacritical marks are symbols placed above or under vowels. They
    e, i, and y in words of Greek or Latin origin. show vowel sounds. Two diacritical marks are used: the macron
    Examples are cerebrum, circumcision, cycle, gel, gingivitis, gian. (¯) and the breve (˘).
    3. Before other letters, c and g have a hard sound.
    Examples are cardiac, cast, gastric, and gonad.
    4. The letters ch are sometimes pronounced like k.
    Examples are cholesterol, cholera.
    5. When pn appears at the beginning of a word, p is silent and only n
    is pronounced.
    Examples are pneumonia and pneumotoxin.
    6. When pn appears in the middle of a word, p and n are pronounced.
    MEDICAL WORD ELEMENT
    Examples are orthopnea and hyperpnea.
    ● Word Roots
    7. When ps appears at the beginning of a word, p is silent and only s ● Combining Forms
    ● Suffixes
    is pronounced.
    ● Prefixes
    Examples are psychology and psychosis.
    8. When forming the final letter(s) of a word, e and es are commonly PREFIX
    pronounced as separate syllables. ● Prefix means to fix before or to fix to the beginning of a word.
    Examples are syncope, systole, and nares. ● A prefix can be a syllable or a group of syllables placed at the
    beginning of a word to alter or modify the meaning of the word or to
    9. When i appears at the end of a word (to form a plural), it is
    create a new word.
    pronounced eye.
    Examples are bronchi, fungi, and nuclei.
    WORD ROOT
    WORD ROOT ● Core of a medical term
    ● A root is a word or word element from which other words are ● Contains the fundamental meaning
    formed. ● Most word roots are derived from Greek or Latin
    ● It is the foundation of the word and conveys the central meaning of ● Greek roots for diseases, conditions, treatments, or diagnoses
    the word. ● Latin roots for anatomical structures Greek root "derm" used in
    ● It forms the base to which prefixes and suffixes are attached for terms related to the skin
    word modification ● Latin root "cutane" used primarily for describing anatomical
    structures
    COMBINING FORM ● Most medical terms contain at least one word root.
    ● A combining form is a word root to which a vowel has been added
    to link the root to the suffix or to another root. WORD ROOT LOCATION
    ● The vowel o is used more often than any other to make combining ● Prefix + Root + Suffix
    forms. ● Root + Suffix
    ● Prefix + Root + Root + Suffix
    SUFFIX
    ● A root is a word or word element from which other words are MEDICAL ROOT WORDS
    formed.
    ● Suffix means to fasten on, beneath, or under.
    ● A suffix can be a syllable or group of syllables united with or placed
    at the end of a word to alter or modify the meaning of the word or to
    create a new word.

    SIMPLIFYING IT……..
    ● Prefix = Beginning (Descriptive)
    Location, Direction, Number, Quantity, Amount, Size, Color, Etc.

    ● Root = Middle (Subject)


    Often pertains to a body part or system

    ● Suffix = Ending (Meaning)


    Disease, Disorder, Condition, Procedure, Process, Specialty, Test,
    Etc.
    LETS REVIEW….
    COMBINING FORMS
    ● Derived from a word root.
    ● Typically has a vowel (commonly "o") added.
    ● Vowels have no standalone meaning.
    ● Enables connection between two elements.

    PREFIX
    ● Attached to the beginning of a word or word root.
    ● Alters or adds meaning to the word.
    ● Adding or changing a prefix modifies the word's meaning.

    Each word has the same root, nat (birth). By substituting different prefixes,
    a new word with a different meaning is formed.
    LETS REVIEW….
    SUFFIX
    ● Placed at the end of a word or word root.
    ● Suffixes are also used to denote singular and plural forms of a word
    as well as a part of speech.
    ● Alters the meaning of the word.
    ● Suffix often indicates a procedure, condition, disease, or part of
    speech in medical terminology.
    LETS REVIEW….
    SUFFIX: Suffix Linking

    WORD ROOTS WITH SUFFIXES


    Examples of word roots used to link a suffix that begins with a vowel.

    Many medical words have Greek or Latin origins, there are a few unusual
    rules you need to learn to change a singular word into its plural form.

    COMBINING FORMS WITH SUFFIXES


    Examples of combining forms (root o) used to link a suffix that begins with
    a consonant.

    COMPOUND WORDS WITH SUFFIXES


    Words that contain more than one word root are known as compound
    words.

    RULE: Multiple word roots within a compound word are always changed to
    combining forms so that the roots are joined together with a combining
    vowel, regardless of whether the second word root begins with a vowel or a
    consonant.

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