Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Terminology in Health Care and Public Health Settings
Unit:Understanding Medical Words
Lecture:Understanding medical words
Parts of a medical term
Word and combining forms
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Slide notes:Welcome to Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings, Understanding Medical Words. This is Lecture A, Word Roots. In this first lecture of Understanding Medical Words, we will cover some general concepts regarding medical terminology, but we will primarily focus on word roots and combining vowels. 1