RT Book, Section A1 Finnegan, Lisa A1 Eagle, Sharon SR Print(0) ID 1163915453 T1 Medical Word Elements T2 Medical Terminology in a Flash! A Multiple Learning Styles Approach, 3e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB F.A. Davis Company PP New York, NY SN 9780803643680 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163915453 RD 2024/03/29 AB Most medical words derive from Greek or Latin and therefore may look and sound odd to you. However, once you have taken the time to learn the meanings of the word parts, you will be able to understand most of the medical terms you encounter, regardless of how big or complex they appear. There are three types of word parts that you need to know: (1) suffixes, (2) prefixes, and (3) combining forms (created by joining a word root to a combining vowel). You will use these word parts in a three-step process to find the meanings of medical terms. You also need to know the abbreviations and pathology terms that are used in health care; however, the three-step deciphering process often does not work with these terms.