Title: Identify common medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes and their meanings, and medical terms related to human systems.
Course: Vision Care Technician I (14057-I) > Section: Learning Basic Healthcare Terminology

Identification should include the following:

- Dividing medical terms into prefixes, suffixes, and roots
- Identifying the origin of each prefix, suffix, and root
- Giving the meaning of each prefix, suffix, and combining form
- Combining vowel
- Medical terms for human systems

Identification should include word parts such as those listed below:

- Prefixes (e.g., peri-, epi-, hypo-)
- Roots (e.g., hepat/o, cardi/o, nephr/o)
- Suffixes (e.g., -megaly, -itis, -malacia)

Process/Skill Questions:

- From which languages are most medical terms derived? Why?
- Why should healthcare workers know the common medical prefixes, suffixes, and roots?
- Why is it important to explain medical terms to the layperson?