Axia College Material

Appendix E

Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 3, 4, & 5

Complete activities A, B, & C, and post to the Individual forum.

A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-
16. Word parts may be used more than once. Click the grey box to begin typing.

gloss/o- epi- diastol/o- -in saphen/o-

bil/i- apic/o- cusp/o- -ic -id
mastic/o- tri- rub/o- thorac/o- eu-
axill/o- glott/o- sept/o- -ous mucos/o-
-al -stals/o -ary -sis -pne/o-
cardi/o- fec/o- peri- -ation -ac

1. Pertaining to the tongue

2. Pertaining to the mucous membrane

3. Process of chewing

4. Process of contracting around

5. Substance of red (red blood cell) bile

6. Pertaining to stool

7. Pertaining to the septum

8. Pertaining to above the glottis

9. Pertaining to the apex

10. Pertaining to Normal breathing

11. Pertaining to the heart

12. Resembling three points

13. Pertaining to the heart and lung cavity

14. Pertaining to the armpit

15. Pertaining to standing

16. Pertaining to dilating

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 B. Define the following words or word parts

-cyte -eal

-gen cecum

enzyme in-

-ole ex-

thorax cilia

-ature -ity

sin/o- extra-

bi-

C. In this activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a definition
of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to record your answers.

Additional
Combining Combining
Medical Word Prefix form form or suffix Suffix Definition
Peritoneal
Sentence:

Cholecystokinin
Sentence:

Sternal
Sentence:

Additional
Combining Combining
Medical Word Prefix form form or suffix Suffix Definition

Inspiration
Sentence:

Oxyhemoglobin
Sentence:

Myocardial

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Sentence:

Endocardium
Sentence:

Vasoconstriction
Sentence:

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