Most medical terms consist of three basic components:
root word 詞根
prefix 前綴
suffix 後綴
For example, the term subhepatic,
「Sub」 is the prefix meaning 「below or under.」
The word root "hepat"- means 「liver」
the suffix -"ic" means 「pertaining to」,
so this word means 「situated under/on the ventral side of the liver」.
Medical terminology also includes the so-called combining vowel like 「o」, which helps to make the pronunciation easier.
For example, in the term arthrology
arthr- + -o- + logy.
But the -o- is dropped when
connecting to a vowel-stem. (後接元音時無需字母o)
e.g. arthr- + itis = arthritis
小結
學醫學詞彙, 先學習詞根/前綴/後綴,掌握這些, 背起單詞來就容易了。
理解才能記住。遇到長的詞先試著把它拆開, 理解起來就容易了。
單詞解釋:
Consonant 輔音字母, 除了元音字母以外的21個字母。
Vowel 元音字母 一共有5個 A E I O U 。
Combining vowel 連接前後兩個輔音字母的元音字母。
*輔音字母搭配元音字母才能拼讀出來,像拼音的聲韻母。