medical terminology

Word Components Assignment

(25 points, one point per answer given. Please note there are two answers needed in the Root(s) column.

As you can see in the first few pages of the text, medical terms are comprised of separate parts, or word component parts, each of which pays a role in the term’s construction and its meaning. Four basic word parts have been introduced as well as the concept of the combining form, which is the root and a combining vowel expressed as root + /o.

This assignment is presented in a grid. Follow the examples provided to deconstruct five (5) medical terms with which you are likely unfamiliar. You will need to use a medical dictionary reference to find the meaning of some of the word components. If a word component is not present in this term, indicate none or N/A in the appropriate column. Use hyphens at the end of a prefix and at the beginning of a suffix.

Term	Prefix(es) if any, and meaning	Root(s) and meaning(s)	Combining vowel(s) if present	Combining form(s) (root + /o)	Suffix and meaning
Example: arthrectomy	None	Arthr = joint	None	Arthr/o	-ectomy = to excise, cut out
Example: anticarcinogenic	anti- = against	Carcin = cancer	“o” between carcin and -genic	Carcin/o	-genic = arising from
nucleoid	none	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.
osteomyelography	none	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.
posthepatic	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.
radiculopathy	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.
pericardial	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.	Type text here.