Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0001 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What a Medical Term Is
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The idea
A medical term is a word built from fixed parts, each part carrying a stable meaning, so an unfamiliar term can be decoded rather than memorized.
In practice
Carditis breaks into card, heart, and itis, inflammation: inflammation of the heart.
Where people slip
Not every term is built this way. Some are names; some were borrowed whole.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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