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    The document provides information about medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It contains a table identifying the prefix, root, or suffix in several medical terms and defining what each part means. It then gives examples of medical terms and has the reader identify the meaning of each word part and define the full term. Finally, it provides word parts and has the reader build new medical terms from those parts based on given definitions. The document aims to teach medical terminology by having the reader analyze existing terms and create new ones using common word parts and their meanings.

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    The document provides information about medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It contains a table identifying the prefix, root, or suffix in several medical terms and defining what each part means. It then gives examples of medical terms and has the reader identify the meaning of each word part and define the full term. Finally, it provides word parts and has the reader build new medical terms from those parts based on given definitions. The document aims to teach medical terminology by having the reader analyze existing terms and create new ones using common word parts and their meanings.

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    The document provides information about medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It contains a table identifying the prefix, root, or suffix in several medical terms and defining what each part means. It then gives examples of medical terms and has the reader identify the meaning of each word part and define the full term. Finally, it provides word parts and has the reader build new medical terms from those parts based on given definitions. The document aims to teach medical terminology by having the reader analyze existing terms and create new ones using common word parts and their meanings.

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    Module 6

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    The document provides information about medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It contains a table identifying the prefix, root, or suffix in several medical terms and defining what each part means. It then gives examples of medical terms and has the reader identify the meaning of each word part and define the full term. Finally, it provides word parts and has the reader build new medical terms from those parts based on given definitions. The document aims to teach medical terminology by having the reader analyze existing terms and create new ones using common word parts and their meanings.

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    Identify & Define

    Identify and define the prefix in each word.

    Prefix Meaning of Prefix


    1. monocyte ____ ________________
    2. pancytopenia ____ ________________
    3. prothrombin ____ ________________
    4. neoplasm ____ ________________

    Identify and define the root in each word.


    Root Word Meaning of Root Word
    1. myelogenous ____ ________________
    2. hemopathy ____ ________________
    3. immunization ____ ________________
    4. lymphocytic ____ ________________
    5. thrombocythemia ____ ________________
    6. phlebotomy ____ ________________

    Identify and define the suffix in each word.


    Suffix Meaning of Suffix
    1. cytopenia ____ ________________
    2. hemopoiesis ____ ________________
    3. polycythemia ____ ________________
    4. pediculosis ____ ________________
    Word Analysis
    Define each of the following words, and give the meaning of the word parts in each. (You may
    use a dictionary if needed, since we are just beginning).

    1. Pancytopenia
    a. Pan- ________________
    b. Cyt/o ________________
    c. -penia ________________
    d. Definition: ________________

    2. myelodysplastic
    a. myel/o ________________
    b. dys- ________________
    c. -plastic ________________
    d. Definition: ________________

    3. hemorrhage
    a. hem/o ________________
    b. -rrhage ________________
    c. Definition: ________________

    4. Thrombotic
    a. Thromb/o ________________
    b. -tic ________________
    c. Definition: ________________

    5. septicemia
    a. septic/o ________________
    b. -emia ________________
    c. Definition: ________________

    6. Erythrocytosis
    a. Eryth/o ________________
    b. -cytosis ________________
    c. Definition: ________________

    7. Myeloid leukemia
    a. Myel/o ________________
    b. -oid ________________
    c. leuk/o ________________
    d. -emia ________________
    e. Definition: ________________
    Word Building

    Write words for the following definitions using the word parts provided. A combining vowel is
    included. Each word part can be used more than once.

    -penia -blast leuk/o -oid myel/o -ic


    -poiesis gen- -emia eryth/o -oma cyt/o

    1. Pertaining to a red blood cell ________________


    2. An immature white blood cell ________________
    3. Pertaining to bone marrow ________________
    4. Originating in bone marrow ________________
    5. An immature bone marrow cell ________________
    6. Neoplastic overgrowth of white cells in the blood ________________
    7. Deficiency of white cells in the blood ________________
    8. Cancer of bone marrow ________________
    9. Formation of red blood cells ________________
    10. Pertaining to bone marrow cells ________________
    Label this diagram: lymph nodes, lymphatic vessel, spleen, thymus, tonsils

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