Medical terminology is mainly used to describe various medical processes and components. It is used to describe multiple processes in the human body, different body parts, disorders, medical procedures, pharmacology etc. Put simply, think of it as being the vocabulary that medical professionals use to describe what is happening in the body and their related treatments.
The words used within the system have root words, prefixes, suffixes, and various combo vowels. The elements are combined to create terms that describe multiple conditions.
Take the word "pericarditis," which is used to describe a condition that causes inflation on the outside layer of the heart. The term can be more clearly understood by breaking it down into three parts. The first part is "peri", then "card" and "itis" each part of the term tells us a bit about the condition. "peri" means around, "card" means the heart as in cardio, and "itis" inflation.
To help you find the definitions of medical terms, we offer a free medical dictionary where you can look up the terminology:
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