Medical terms.
These are terminologies that are used in medicine which are formed by joining a root word to suffixes and prefixes. The prefixes and the suffixes are usually obtained from names of body organs, such as neuro which means nerve, pneumo which means winds etc. the terms make it for doctors to easily communicate since these names are used universally.
Use the following word parts (derm–melan–hidr– crin–therm) in terms to structure 5 logical correct sentences.
Derm is a word term used to mean the skin. Its presence in medical terminologies shows that the term is related to the skin. Melan means black and is used to form terminologies associated with the black pigments. Hird is a Greek word that is associated with sweat. Therm is a term that is used to mean heat.
- Dermabrasion involves the planning of skin surgical, which are performed by a plastic surgeon.
- The dark pigment in our body called melanin is found with the melanocytes and protects the skin from the harmful effect of U. V rays.
- Excessive sweating at the armpit may be present during childhood or may develop during adolescence condition referred to as
- Blockage of the pancreatic duct does not affect the process of blood sugar regulation since the pancreas is an endocrine gland.
- Homeothermic organisms can regulate their internal body temperature hence can live in most habitats.
- Use the following word parts (nerv–cephal–psych–spin–ot) in terms to structure 5 logical correct sentences.
The above terms were derived from Greek terms with different meaning as follows;
Nerv means nerve or neurone
Cephal means head.
Psych means mind
Spin means spine
Ot means ear.
The medical terms formed using these word parts are associated with the function they undertake.
- The facial nerve is responsible for detecting the various changes happening at the face e.g. facial expression.
- Failure of white matter located at the posterior cerebrum due to its abnormally large size is called colpocephaly.
- The influence of a person’s behavior and cognition is influenced by the brain, this can be explained in
- Mitotic and meiosis divisions are influenced by structures made up of microtubules called
- The middle ear may have some problems associated with variation in atmospheric pressure which might be painful a condition called
References
Boyd M (1976). Medical terminology course. Pp 1-89 file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/IARC_Technical_Report_No10-9.pdf