Chapter 1, Problem 10UMWE

Summary Introduction

A “word root” is referred to as the foundation of a “medical term” and the word root contains the primary meaning. Generally, all medical terms contain minimum one word root. The word roots are mostly derived from either the Greek language or Latin language. Therefore, two different roots can denote the same meaning. For instance, “dermatos” is derived from the Greek word and “cutane” is derived from the Latin word, however, both words refer or denote to the skin. According to the general rule, the Greek roots refer to disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis, whereas, the Latin roots refer to the anatomical structures. Thereby, the Greek root such as “dermat” refers to the disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis related to the skin and the Latin root “cutane” refers to the anatomical structure of the skin.