Title: Describe how word parts are combined to form medical terms.
Course: Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences (14001-1) (Draft) > Section: Learning Basic Healthcare Terminology

Description should include the following:

- Building terms from word parts by blending roots, prefixes, and suffixes
- Separating longer terms into roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and defining their meanings
- Showing how and why combining forms may vary slightly in spelling from term to term (e.g., using the combining form hepat- when the suffix begins with a vowel, as in hepatitis vs. using the variation hepato- when the suffix begins with a consonant, as in hepatomegaly)

Process/Skill Questions

- How would a healthcare worker use knowledge of prefixes, roots, and suffixes to determine the definition of a medical term?
- What is a combining vowel? When is a combining vowel used?
- What is the usual way to add a suffix to a word root that begins with a consonant? Why?
- What are the prefixes that indicate color? When might such prefixes be used?
- What are the prefixes that indicate number? When might such prefixes be used?
- What are the common prefixes used to construct medical terms?
- What are the common suffixes used to construct medical terms?