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Medical Terminology Decoder

Session 1: Learn the Decoder

1.1 The Decoder Method

Welcome to the Course Completed
Notation Guide Completed
The Combining Vowel Completed

1.2 Word Parts

Four Kinds of Pieces Completed
a-, an- Completed
dys- Completed
hyper-/hypo- Completed
-itis Completed
-osis, -iasis Completed
-emia Completed
-oma Completed
-algia, -dynia Completed
-pathy Completed

1.3 Cold Open

Hypotensive Completed
Brain Scan Language Completed
Pancreas Inflammation Completed
Airway Examination Completed

1.4 Label the Pieces

Low Blood Sugar Condition Completed
Nerve Disorder Completed
Blood Mass Completed
Heart Inflammation Completed
Difficult Urination Completed

1.5 Match the Ending

Ending Meanings Completed
What Is Inflamed Completed
Blood Attention Completed
Mass Without Cancer Completed
Structure Hurts Completed
Disorder Without Cause Completed

1.6 Build the Word

Liver Inflammation Completed
Nerve Pain Completed
Clot Condition Completed
High Blood Sugar Completed
Heart Muscle Disease Completed

1.7 Listening Practice

Carcinoma Completed
Myalgia Completed
Meningitis Completed
Neuropathy Completed
Bacteremia Completed
Fibrosis Completed

1.8 Exit Ticket

Suffix First Completed
Meaning of Hyper Completed
Meaning of Hypo Completed
What Dys Signals Completed
Meaning of Itis Completed
What Emia Points To Completed
Decoding Hypoxemia Completed
Hematoma Versus Cancer Completed

Session 2: Heart, Vessels, and Blood

2.1 Retrieval

Inflammation Suffix Completed
Blood Condition Suffix Completed
Disease Suffix Completed
Above Normal Prefix Completed
Below Normal Prefix Completed
Dyspnea Breakdown Completed

2.2 Heart and Vessels

Anatomy Map Completed
cardi/o Completed
angi/o, vascul/o, vas/o Completed
arteri/o, ather/o; ven/o, phleb/o Completed
hem/o, hemat/o Completed
thromb/o Completed
tachy- / brady- Completed
endo-, intra-, peri-, epi- Completed
inter-, trans-, sub-, supra- Completed

2.3 Sort the Family

Sort by Family Completed

2.4 Contrast Pairs

Tachycardia vs Bradycardia Completed
Hypertension vs Hypotension Completed
Endocarditis vs Pericarditis Completed
Arterial vs Venous Completed
Thrombocytopenia vs Thrombocytosis Completed
Vasodilation vs Vasoconstriction Completed

2.5 Build the Word

Fast Heart Condition Completed
Heart Inflammation Around Completed
Blood in the Chest Completed
Clotted, Inflamed Vein Completed
Vessel Image Completed
Heart Muscle Disorder Completed
Within a Vein Completed
Heart and Vessel Completed

2.6 Listening Practice

Heart Rate and Pressure Completed
Expanding Hematoma Completed
Blocked Artery Completed
Cardiogenic Shock Completed
Clotted Vein Completed
Pericardial Puncture Completed

2.7 Exit Ticket

cardi/o Completed
angi/o and vascul/o Completed
hem/o Completed
thromb/o Completed
tachy- Completed
brady- Completed
Endocarditis Completed
Intravenous Completed

Session 3: Brain and Nerves

3.1 Retrieval

Heart Disease Completed
Inflammation Around the Heart Completed
Blood Clot Condition Completed
Slow Heart Rate Completed
Uncontrolled Bleeding Completed

3.2 Brain and Nerves

Nervous System Map Completed
neur/o Completed
encephal/o, cerebr/o Completed
crani/o, mening/o Completed
myel/o Completed
psych/o Completed
hemi-, semi-, para- Completed
-plegia, -paresis Completed

3.3 Sort by Structure

Sort by Structure Completed

3.4 Paralysis or Weakness

Paralysis or Weakness Completed

3.5 Build the Word

Inside the Skull Completed
Brain Inflammation Completed
Meninges and Brain Inflammation Completed
Nerve Pain Completed
Nerve and Muscle Completed
One-Sided Weakness Completed
Skull Repair Completed
Spinal Cord Record Completed

3.6 Listening Practice

Intracranial Hemorrhage Completed
Left-Sided Hemiparesis Completed
Ruling Out Meningitis Completed
Metabolic Encephalopathy Completed
Craniotomy Recommendation Completed
Myeloma Evaluation Completed
Psychogenic Symptoms Completed

3.7 Exit Ticket

Nerve Completed
Brain Completed
Skull Completed
Meninges Completed
Two Meanings of myel/o Completed
Mind or Mental State Completed
Paralysis Versus Weakness Completed
Decoding Meningoencephalitis Completed

Session 4: Breathing and Airway

4.1 Retrieval

One-Sided Weakness Completed
Meninges Inflammation Completed
Brain Disorder Completed
Inside the Skull Completed
Without Breathing Completed

4.2 Airway Map

The Breath Route Completed
pulmon/o, pneumon/o, pneum/o Completed
bronch/o Completed
thorac/o, pleur/o Completed
trache/o, laryng/o Completed
-pnea Completed

4.3 Route of Air

Sorting the Airway Completed

4.4 Breathing Prefixes

Prefixes for Breathing Completed
Fast Breathing Completed
Slow Breathing Completed
Difficult Breathing Completed
Absent Breathing Completed
Reduced Breathing Completed

4.5 Build the Word

Bronchitis Completed
Pneumonectomy Completed
Tracheostomy Completed
Thoracentesis Completed
Bronchopneumonia Completed
Pleuritis Completed
Endotracheal Completed
Pneumothorax Completed

4.6 Listening Practice

Fast and Low Completed
Air in the Chest Completed
Widened Airways Completed
Airway Examination Completed
Fluid Around the Lung Completed
No Breathing After Seizure Completed

4.7 Exit Ticket

Lung Root Completed
Bronchial Root Completed
Chest Root Completed
Pleura Root Completed
Windpipe Root Completed
Voice Box Root Completed
Breathing Suffix Completed
Why Context Matters Completed

Session 5: Digestive System

5.1 Retrieval

Difficult Breathing Completed
Air in the Chest Completed
Bronchial Inflammation Completed
Chest Puncture Completed
Blood in the Chest Completed

5.2 Digestive Map

Digestive Map Completed
gastr/o Completed
enter/o, col/o, colon/o Completed
hepat/o Completed
pancreat/o, cholecyst/o, chol/e Completed
-rrhea, -rrhage, -rrhagia Completed
Guest Word Parts Completed

5.3 Organ Sorting

Sort by Organ Completed

5.4 Build the Word

Stomach and Intestine Inflammation Completed
Liver Enlargement Completed
Pancreas Inflammation Completed
Gallbladder Removal Completed
Colon Examination Completed
Stomach Opening Completed
Gallstone Condition Completed
Vomiting Blood Completed
Heavy Uterine Bleeding Completed
Nasal Discharge Completed

5.5 Listening Practice

Colon Finding Completed
Liver Specialty Completed
Gallstones and Inflammation Completed
Pancreas Finding Completed
Vomiting and Bleeding Completed
Digestive Specialty Plan Completed

5.6 Exit Ticket

Stomach Completed
Intestine Completed
Colon Completed
Liver Completed
Pancreas Completed
Gallbladder Completed
Flow or Discharge Completed
Decode Gastroenteritis Completed

Session 6: Kidneys and Glands

6.1 Retrieval

Liver Enlargement Completed
Pancreatic Inflammation Completed
Gallbladder Removal Completed
Vomiting Blood Completed
Intestinal Disorder Completed

6.2 Kidneys and Glands

Kidney and Endocrine Map Completed
nephr/o, ren/o Completed
ur/o Completed
cyst/o Completed
glyc/o, glycem- Completed
aden/o, thyr/o, thyroid/o, endocrin/o Completed
-uria Completed
-penia, -cytosis, -megaly Completed

6.3 Where Is the Finding

Where Is the Finding Completed

6.4 Quantity and Size

Excessive Urine Output Completed
Low Urine Output Completed
Absence of Urine Output Completed
Low White Blood Cell Count Completed
High White Blood Cell Count Completed
Low Platelet Count Completed
Enlarged Heart Completed
Enlarged Liver Completed
Enlarged Spleen Completed
Enlarged Thyroid Completed

6.5 Build the Word

Kidney Disorder Completed
Kidney Removal Completed
Relating to the Kidney Completed
Bladder Examination Completed
High Blood Sugar Completed
Underactive Thyroid Completed
Gland Tumor Completed
Hormone Specialty Completed

6.6 Listening Practice

Urine Output Decline Completed
Urinalysis Findings Completed
Kidney Specialty Evaluation Completed
Severe Low Blood Sugar Completed
White Cell Count Change Completed
Thyroid Scan and Labs Completed
Bladder Mass Found Completed

6.7 Exit Ticket

Kidney Roots Completed
Urinary Root Completed
Bladder Root Completed
Sugar Root Completed
Gland Root Completed
Urine Suffix Completed
Deficiency Suffix Completed
Enlargement Suffix Completed

Session 7: Bones and Muscles

7.1 Retrieval

Kidney Inflammation Completed
Sugar in Urine Completed
Thyroid Condition Completed
White Blood Cell Count Completed
Enlarged Heart Completed

7.2 Bones, Joints, and Muscles

Body Structure Map Completed
oste/o Completed
arthr/o Completed
my/o, muscul/o Completed
spondyl/o, vertebr/o Completed
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o Completed

7.3 Sort the Structure

Sort the Structure Completed

7.4 Build the Word

Bone and Joint Inflammation Completed
Joint Pain Completed
Muscle Inflammation Completed
Widespread Muscle Inflammation Completed
Vertebra Repair Completed
Between Vertebrae Completed
Beneath the Skin Completed
Across the Skin Completed
Skin Condition Completed
Bone Cancer Completed
Similar-Sounding Suffixes Completed

7.5 Trauma Vocabulary

Trauma Vocabulary Completed

7.6 Listening Practice

Neck Fracture Completed
Infected Joint Completed
Muscle Weakness Completed
Spine Scan Completed
Injection Route Completed
Skin Biopsy Completed

7.7 Exit Ticket

Bone Root Completed
Joint Root Completed
Muscle Root Completed
Vertebra Roots Completed
Skin Roots Completed
Muscle Versus Spinal Cord Completed
Decode Polyarthritis Completed
Decode Transdermal Completed
Session Wrap-up Completed

Session 8: Cancer and Infection

8.1 Retrieval

Bone Tumor Language Completed
Skin Inflammation Completed
Joint Fluid Puncture Completed
Muscle Disorder Completed
Recalling Tissue Death Completed

8.2 Cells and Disease

Cell-to-Disease Map Completed
onc/o, carcin/o Completed
cyt/o, hist/o Completed
path/o Completed
necr/o, seps/o, septic/o Completed
leuk/o, lymph/o, immun/o Completed
bacteri/o, vir/o Completed
anti- Completed
neo-, meta- Completed

8.3 Sort the Process

Sort the Process Completed

8.4 Build the Word

Oncology Completed
Oncologist Completed
Adenocarcinoma Completed
Cytotoxic Completed
Histopathology Completed
Neoplasm Completed
Metastasis Completed
Leukopenia Completed
Bacteremia Completed
Aseptic Completed

8.5 Drug Classes

Drug Classes Completed

8.6 Listening Practice

Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Completed
Neutropenia and Bacteremia Completed
Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction Completed
Extensive Necrosis Completed
Immunosuppression and Infection Completed
Viral versus Bacterial Completed

8.7 Exit Ticket

Cancer Specialty Root Completed
Cancer Root Recall Completed
Cell Root Recall Completed
Tissue Root Recall Completed
Necrosis Root Completed
Immune Root Recall Completed
Anti- Prefix Recall Completed
Metastatic Spread Completed

Session 9: Reproduction and Birth

9.1 Retrieval

Neoplasm Formation Completed
Cancer Spread Completed
Bacteremia Completed
Immunosuppression Completed
Anticoagulation Completed

9.2 Reproduction and Birth

Reproduction and Birth Map Completed
gynec/o, uter/o, hyster/o Completed
obstetr/o, nat/o, neonat/o Completed
mamm/o, mast/o Completed
pre-, ante-, post- Completed
mono-, bi-, poly-, multi- Completed

9.3 Timeline Order

Perinatal Timeline Completed

9.4 Build the Word

Hysterectomy Completed
Hysteroscopy Completed
Intrauterine Location Completed
Mammogram Completed
Mastitis Completed
Obstetrics Completed
Neonatology Completed
Postpartum Hemorrhage Completed

9.5 Number Prefixes

Bilateral Completed
Monocyte Naming Completed
Polyuria Completed
Polycythemia Completed
Biventricular Completed
Multiorgan Involvement Completed
Monoplegia Completed
Polyarthritis Completed

9.6 Guest Term: Ectopic

Ectopic Pregnancy Completed

9.7 Listening Practice

Ectopic Pregnancy Report Completed
Postpartum Hemorrhage Alert Completed
Neonatology Attendance Completed
Intrauterine Confirmation Completed
Bilateral Breast Masses Completed
Hysteroscopy Recommendation Completed

9.8 Exit Ticket

Gynecology Root Completed
Uterus Roots Completed
Obstetrics Root Completed
Newborn Root Completed
Breast Roots Completed
Before Prefixes Completed
After Prefix Completed
Poly Prefix Completed

Session 10: Procedures and Synthesis

10.1 Mixed Retrieval

Naming the Heart Completed
Naming the Brain Completed
Naming the Lung Completed
Naming the Liver Completed
Naming the Kidney Completed
Bone, Joint, and Muscle Completed
Inflammation, Disorder, and Mass Completed
Without, Difficult, Fast, and Low Completed

10.2 Procedures and Specialties

Procedure Endings Completed
-ectomy Completed
-otomy, -stomy Completed
-scope, -scopy Completed
-gram, -graphy Completed
-centesis, -opsy Completed
-lysis, -plasty, -stasis Completed
-logy, -logist Completed

10.3 Procedure Contrasts

Removal, Incision, or Opening Completed
Tool, Act, Result, or Process Completed
Instrument or Act Completed
Tool for the Bladder Completed
Vessel Image or Process Completed
Breast Imaging Process Completed
Specialist or Specialty Completed
Sample, Break, Repair, or Stop Completed

10.4 Build the Word

Removal of the Kidney Completed
Incision into the Chest Completed
Opening into the Colon Completed
Visual Exam of a Joint Completed
Image of the Vessels Completed
Puncture Near the Heart Completed
Repair of a Vessel Completed
Nerve Specialist Completed

10.5 Listening Practice

Open Incision, Not a Scope Completed
Chest Fluid Sample Completed
Vessel Imaging and Repair Completed
Tissue Sample Destination Completed
Bleeding Stopped Completed
Nerve Specialty Orders a Recording Completed

10.6 Final Examination

Final Examination Completed

Bonus: Hospital Language Reference

1.1 Whole-Form Vocabulary

Hospital Shorthand Completed

1.2 Reference Tables

People and Workflow Completed
Reasoning Phrases Completed
Urgency and Bedside Care Completed
Labs and Imaging Completed
Whole-Form Conditions Completed
Medications Completed
Obstetric Terms Completed
Listening Traps Completed

1.3 Bonus Scene

Bonus Scene Completed
Vital Sign Roots Completed
Immediate Action Completed
Two Diagnoses Completed
Differential Meaning Completed
Altered Mental Status Completed

Naming the Heart

A quick cumulative check before the new material: match each structure or idea to the word part that names it.

Which word part means "heart"?

hepat/ocardi/onephr/ooste/o