Literacy for Science and Medicine
Scientific literacy is a vital skill for any students wishing to enter medical or science professions.
Scientific terminology can often seem daunting. However, by breaking up longer words into morphemes, we can understand their meaning more easily.
Using the list of 'morphemes, decipher the following words:
a) hydrocephalus
b) psychosomatic
c) hydrophobia
d) dermatitis
e) protozoa
f) epidermis
g) antibody
h) hypothermic
i) macrophage
j) cytolysis
k) bilateral
List of Morphemes
a or an - not or non
anti - against
auto - self
bi - twice
cephal - head
chromo - colour
cide - killer, kill, killing
cyto - cell
derm - skin
endo - internal
epi - above
hydro - water
hyper - above
hypo - below
intra - within, inside
itis - disease, inflammation
lysis - to split
lateral - side
micro - small
macro - large/long
multi - many
phage - eats/devours
phobia - dislike, fear
poly - many
proto- zoa
psycho - mind/mental
soma - body
synthesis - to make
sub - lesser, below
therm - heat
zoo, zoa - animal
Enjoy!
Sarah
May 22, 2020