Title: Explain how medical terms are developed.
Course: Health Informatics (14157-I) > Section: Exploring Medical Terminology

Explanation should include

- the definition of medical terminology
- the importance of medical terminology to health care
- the division of medical terms into components (i.e., roots or combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes)
- the use of connectors or combining vowels
- the process of pluralizing.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What role does medical terminology play in health informatics?
- What is a word root or combining form?
- What is a prefix?
- What is a suffix?
- What role does the combining vowel play in creating medical terms?
- How does knowledge of medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes help determine the meanings of unfamiliar words?
- Why is it always prudent to check the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a medical dictionary?
- What are the rules for pluralizing?