MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY BREAKDOWN Medical terminology can feel overwhelming, but when we break it down, it's really just puzzles made of: 🧩 Prefixes – Come before the root to adjust meaning * Example: peri- = surrounding 🧩 Root words – Provide the main meaning * Example: cardiac = heart (from the Greek word kardia) 🧩 Suffixes – Come after the root to adjust meaning * Example: -ium = structure When we put it all together: Pericardium =
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY BREAKDOWN Medical terminology can feel overwhelming, but when we break it down, it's really just puzzles made of: 🧩 Prefixes – Come before the root to adjust meaning * Example: peri- = surrounding 🧩 Root words – Provide the main meaning * Example: cardiac = heart (from the Greek word kardia) 🧩 Suffixes – Come after the root to adjust meaning * Example: -ium = structure When we put it all together: Pericardium =
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