Article outline

• 1.Introduction
• 2.History of medical terminology in the Western world
• 3.Chinese medicine and medical terminology
• 4.Spelling and pronunciation
• 5.Latin and Greek elements in medical terms
  • 5.1Common combinations
  • 5.2Common word roots
  • 5.3Common procedure nouns and verbs
  • 5.4Common prefixes
  • 5.5Suffixes