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Using Medical Dictionary References Assignment (25 points, one point per answer given. Please note there are two answers needed in the Root(s)/Combining Form(s) column) In this course you will learn a multitude of medical terms, but by no means all of them! Learning to deconstruct an unfamiliar term to understand its meaning is a critical skill in medical terminology, which you will find useful long after the dass is over. In the following assignment you will find five terms that you have likely not encountered before, It is your task to locate the term in a medical dictionary reference - either in book form or using an online medical dictionary. Once you have found the meaning of the term, identify the various word components and their meanings. If there is no word component for a particular term, use "none" or "NA" to indicate this. You will find that in some cases, a word component has more than one meaning. Use a medical dictionary reference to aid you in selecting which meaning applies in the term you are deconstructing. Also, there may be more than one prefix or more than one root within a single term. Prefixes) ir Medical term Root and combining forms, and meaning Root: 100 - joint Suffix and meaning Definition of medical term any, and meaning di- two Examples diacus -tic pertaining to Pertaining to two joints Combining form: atbo= MSGNOSIS Type text Rootypeype te Type text text here. here. y pe text here. Combining form Type Rootype y pe text Type text here. Combining form: Type Combining Combining Combining

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Prefix Medical com suffix & meaning Definition of medical 1 meaning m. 1. mis diagnosis mis wrong None Root and combing form. & meaning Root diagnosis - art of identifying a disease from signs and symptoms combining form: I diagnosis e art of identifying la disease from signs & symptoms An incorrect diagnosis of on illness or disease 2. analgia None Tan - an = absence absence Root: algia - sensitivity to pain. 1 Combining word. algia seni unity to pain. Absence of sensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness 13 . isometropia iso = equal Post Cardiotomy Post - after Root metr o pia = vision equality in = measurement refracting power of repactton combining word of both eyes meer measurement o refraction Root cardio otomy to period following = pertaining to cut into open-heart heart Combining word: cardio Preart Root: plagia. | None. | Act of rapid - eating leating or Bolling combining word. I of food. phagia : eating surgery 5. Tachyphagia tachy - swift