Need help with Med. Terminology!!!!!!!!!!

smilin_gp · Jan 26, 2006

Hopefully your class will cover certain common prefixes and suffixes through the term, and they will begin to stick out when you see new words. This is how it worked for me when I was training to become a medical transcriptionist. I'm not sure what to recommend, except that don't expect yourself to recognize the whole words until your class covers the parts. Good luck to ya :)

smiley12face16 · Jan 26, 2006

These are assignments that are due...But what I dont understand is how to break them down into the parts...The book has suffixes and prefixes(some) but its got me all so confused, I dunno...The book doesnt go into much detail as in how to break them down..

Thanks tho,

Jess

farishtaRN · Jan 26, 2006

It sounds like you could use some worksheets etc. of prefixes and suffixes - if you can't determine what those are then you won't be able to break down the words (intra, inter,-ologist, -oma, etc.). I loved med terms, but it really is important to learn a bunch of the common prefixes and suffixes. Sorry you are struggling! I hope it gets better and easier as you go. Hang in there!

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Jan 26, 2006

https://allnurses.com/forums/f198/medical-terminology-140046.html#post1495375 this is a current thread about medical terminology that is currently going in the pre-nursing student forum. check it out also.

these are all the links i have for help with medical terminology. i hope you find the help you need with them. remember, looking information over and over and over (especially figuring out how word roots, suffixes and prefixes fit together) will help. as you start to get the hang of joining these word parts, practice by trying to put together words yourself. make them up, then look them up in a dictionary to see if they exist!

http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/1135/med_term_activites/ - medical terminology help from the university of minnesota - includes link to their interactive quiz program that has a medical terminology section - lots of online quizzes to help you learn medical terminology

http://www.lcsc.edu/healthocc/enable02/medterm.htm - medical terminology in a nutshell with several short quizzes - organized into sections on word roots, suffixes, prefixes, how to read a medical term, and abbreviations

http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_rice_terminolog_2/0,4681,198650-,00.html - this is the companion website self study resouce for terminology of health and medicine by jane rice. there is a dropdown box just under the top banner that will give you access to the various chapters of the course. clicking on the individual chapters takes you to a page of objectives. however, on the left side of each page are links to multiple choice, t/f, labeling, fill in the blank and essay questions for that chapter along with a link to a glossary of medical terms. the labeling includes basic anatomy structures to be labeled.

http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/healthcare/medterm-v02.asp - this is a free on line medical terminology course. this link takes you to a page of links that are organized by stems (word roots), prefixes, and suffixes. there are multiple choice and matching exams after each section that give you instant feedback that tells you if your response is right or wrong