Question

Identify 5 medical words or word parts (WORD ROOT, PREFIX, or SUFFIX) in the medical record, based on your knowledge of medical terminology. Write the word and identify the word root, prefix or suffix and the meaning of that part of the word. You may use a medical dictionary, your textbooks, or other sources as a reference.

Answer 1

1. hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure,

hyper-tension, derived from -1863, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + tension. Originally in medical use; of emotions or nerves, from 1936.

2.Hypotension- Abnormally low blood pressure

Derived from Ancient Greek hypo-, meaning "under" or "less" + English tension, meaning "'strain" or "tightness". This refers to the under-constriction of the blood vessels and arteries which leads to low blood pressure

3 Schizophrenia -The term 'schizophrenia' was coined in 1910 by the Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler and is derived from the Greek words '.schizo' (split) and 'phren' (mind) and means "splitting of the mind".

4 hysterectomy - surgical excision of the uterus,1881, coined in English from Greek hystera "womb" + -ectomy.(word-forming element meaning "surgical removal," from Greek -ektomia "a cutting out of," from ektemnein "to cut out,").

5. Hyperemesis gravidarum is from the Greek hyper-, meaning excessive, and emesis, meaning vomiting, and the Latin gravidarum, meaning "pregnant [woman]". Therefore, hyperemesis gravidarum means "excessive vomiting of pregnant women"

.