Can you feel my tension?

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Dec 12, 2005

I hear ya! I have taken Medical Terminology already and basically you learn the suffixes and prefixes and then you will be able to dissect the terms. It isn't too bad trust me.

Best wishes to you.

SoulShine75 · Dec 12, 2005

I hear ya! I have taken Medical Terminology already and basically you learn the suffixes and prefixes and then you will be able to dissect the terms. It isn't too bad trust me.
Best wishes to you.

Thanks, I needed to hear that. Your picture is cute BTW. :)

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Dec 12, 2005

Thanks, I needed to hear that. Your picture is cute BTW. :)

Thank you. I am sure you will be fine. Once you learn this then you are all set.

NeoNurseTX, RN · Dec 12, 2005

Did you have A&P yet? If so, your book probably has a list of all the suffixes and prefixes - that should get you through pretty well.

Some really common ones:

If you see hypo/hyper in front of these terms, this is what the suffix means =

natremia - sodium

kalemia - potassium

magnesemia - magnesium

phosphatemia - phosphate

calcemia - calcium

know all the hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonics

My favorite - hepatosplenomegaly :)

SoulShine75 · Dec 12, 2005

Did you have A&P yet? If so, your book probably has a list of all the suffixes and prefixes - that should get you through pretty well.
Some really common ones:
If you see hypo/hyper in front of these terms, this is what the suffix means =
natremia - sodium
kalemia - potassium
magnesemia - magnesium
phosphatemia - phosphate
calcemia - calcium
know all the hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonics
My favorite - hepatosplenomegaly :)

Thank you. I did have A&P I so I'll check my book. I remember hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic because it was on one of my tests. Thatns for the tips.

nurse4theplanet, RN · Dec 13, 2005

I start the ADN program in January. I recieved a letter a couple of weeks ago informing me that if we haven't taken medical terminology (it wasn't required) then we should try to take the course (hello, it's December!) or order this book and try to learn from there. We were told that there would be a quiz early in the semester that will carry some grade point value. LOVELY! In addition, we have to buy a Math for Meds book and complete chapters 1-18 before class begins. SO much for my relaxing Christmas break. I'm really stressed out right now with Christmas coming, the impending semester and learning all of this Medical Terminology. Sigh! Anyone have any suggestions or hints to what I should study the most for this quiz? They gave us a web-site http://ec.hku.hk/mt/ we could visit if we couldn't buy the book (It's $90 and I can't afford it right now). Does this site look like it sums up the basics?
I hope I get a trip to the spa for Christmas because I really need it.

don't sweat medical terminology! It is too easy! The website looks good to me. Make you some flashcards, practice combining word parts, and get you a TAber's Med Dictionary to check yourself.

for example:

cardi/o- means heart (all the time)

-ologist- means one who studies

when you combine the two you drop the "o" on cardio, hence the slash, and you have cardiologist "one who studies the heart"

try path/o which means disease

Pathologist is one who studies diseases

too easy too easy, nothing to sweat, just memorizing...kinda like learning a different language but way way less complicated

Can't believe you were assigned work over your break! Thank God my school doesn't do this, I would not be able to function had I not been given a school/homework free Christmas break!

SoulShine75 · Dec 13, 2005

Flash cards are a great idea and thanks for the tips. Some things are easy to know when you see them, but there are other things I haven't seen before. Hopefully it will be fine. :uhoh3:

Enjoy your break. :Santa5:

bethin · Dec 13, 2005

My favorite - hepatosplenomegaly :)

What is that? I'm thinking something along the lines of enlarged liver and spleen??

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Dec 13, 2005

My favorite: Otorhinolaryngologist :)

Oto (ear) rhino (nose) laryngo (throat) ologist (someone who studies)

=ENT

nurse4theplanet, RN · Dec 13, 2005

my fave rhinorrhea

rhino (nose) rrhea (to flow)= runny nose

MIA-RN1, RN · Dec 13, 2005

my favorite: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (basically an upper GI series)