PPT-GREEK AND LATIN PREFIXES

HOW DO WE DERIVE WORDS IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 1 Derivation a Prefix ante brachium analysis b Sufix brachialis nephritis c Prefix sufix ante brachi alis para. Spelling List 7. Mrs. Maimone. orthodox . Ortho. means correct or right. It comes from the . Greek. word . orth. , meaning correct or straight.. Dox. (also, . doc. or . doct. ) means opinion or thinking. It comes from the Latin word . acerb, cad, fil, . helio. , . reg. , -tom. SAT Focus Word: exacerbate (v.). to increase the severity, bitterness, or . violence of. High traffic . exacerbates. the smog level.. acerbic. (adj.). having a bitter or sour taste. Mrs. Maimone. orthodox . Ortho. means correct or right. It comes from the . Greek. word . orth. , meaning correct or straight.. Dox. (also, . doc. or . doct. ) means opinion or thinking. It comes from the Latin word . Unit 1. somat. , . corp. = body. hem(o)(a)(at) = blood. cephal. (o), cap = head, brain. cardi. (o) = heart. arthr. (o) = joint. derm. (at) = skin. somat. , . corp. Somatology. – the psychological and anatomical study of the body. What is a Prefix?. A prefix is an attachment before or in front of an existing word or stem, serving to form a new word or new meaning. . . New . meaning. example: . . “. un-. ” makes a . happy. Using a . retinal camera, an ophthalmologist photographs the retina of the . eye.. Learning Goal . . Use the numerical values . of prefixes . to write a metric equality. . Prefixes. A special feature of the SI as well as the metric system is that a . Mr. . Griffin. et cetera. etc.. What does this term mean?. et cetera. etc. is a Latin term that means . and so forth. . Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. arma – weapons, armour. Prefixes A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. With Adjectives: They usually give adjectives a negative or an opposite meaning. For example: This chair is 1) . Derivation. a) Prefix: ante-. brachium. ; . ana-lysis. b) Sufix: . brachi-alis. ; . nephr-itis. c) Prefix + sufix: ante-. brachi. -. alis. ; para-. nephr. -. itis. 2) . Composition. : prim-i-para; . f. acilis. d. issimilis. p. roximalis. i. ntrarenalis. s. upraclavicularis. vivus. e. fferens. postnatalis. sanabilis. t. otalis. immaturus. FIND THE OPPOSITE . USE IT IN THE APPROPRIATE PHRASE and IN THE CORRECT FORM . / . plural. . from. . given. . terms. cornu. . minus                 . dentes. . molares. . superiores.        . contra. . dolorem. . acrem.         . symptoma. . morbi. PrefixMeaningExamplesa- an-not without having noabyss anemiaamphi-both on both sides of aroundamphibiousana- an-up back again upside down wrong analysis anodeanti-against opposite in answer toantipo Based on presentation by E. . Dávidová. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:. Statement. answer. 1) . Dis. -. is used for . “. a disorder. ”,. and . dys. -. for . “. division. Olesia. . Lazer-Pankiv. Olesia. . Lazer-Pankiv. , PhD, Associate Professor . Institute of Philology, . Department. . of. . General. . Linguistics. , . Classical. . Philology. . and. . Neohellenistic.