Medical Terminology
Medical terminology is something that many of us find quite confusing and often unnecessary. How many times have we gotten test results for something we’ve been anxious for a while, but we couldn’t read them properly because most of the results were written to complex. It can be pretty frustrating when we’re suffering from some unpleasant symptoms for a while, but still have to wait longer for a doctor to interpret the results and tell us exactly what is wrong. However, medical terminology is actually necessary for many reasons, both in a practical and psychological aspect. The basic usage of medical terminology Medical terminology is actually quite simple once you get the hang of it, but requires you to be familiar with the old Latin and Greek languages. Medical terminology follows the principle of precision, using Latin or Greek words for certain body parts or organs, and then completing their meaning by adding suffixes or prefixes. Both the base words and prefixes/suffixes are in Latin or Greek, but the process of combining them actually follows the rules of basic linguistics. Let’s take an example that you can find practically anywhere; doctors often refer to heart attacks as “cardiac arrest”. “Cardiac” is based on the ancient Greek term “cardiacus”, which basically means “concerning the heart”. This is just a basic example of [...]
