Medical Terminology

• Explain derivation of medical terms.
• Recognize medical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
• Recall basic medical terms.
• Identify prefixes of position, color, numbers and measurement, negation, and direction.
• Formulate medical terms utilizing roots.
• Construct medical terms utilizing prefixes.
• List medical terms combining roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
• Interpret basic medical abbreviations and symbols.
• Utilize diagnostic, surgical, procedural terms, and abbreviations related to the following systems
• Utilize diagnostic, surgical, procedural terms, and abbreviations related to specific medical conditions.

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