Lecture 3: Medical Terminology Fundamentals — Building Your Clinical Vocabulary

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1. What does the prefix "hypo-" mean?

2. A patient has dyspnea. Which suffix tells you this condition involves breathing?

3. You assess a patient with a stab wound on the front of the left shoulder. How would you correctly document the wound location using directional terminology?

4. A patient has a fracture "distal to the elbow." Where is the fracture?

5. What does the suffix "-itis" indicate about a condition?

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