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CHSE 120 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT Name: Kearney Boland 1. Medical term: Dysphagia Definition: Difficulty swallowing Use slash marks and divide term into word parts of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms: Dys/phagia Identify each word part: Dys- is a prefix and -phagia is a suffix. Define each word part: Dys- means difficult, abnormal; -phagia means eating, swallowing. 2. Medical term: Posterior D efinition: Located behind or toward the back Use slash marks and divide term into word parts of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms: Post/erior Identify each word part: Post- is a prefix and -erior is a suffix. Define each word part: Post- means behind, after; -erior means one or the other, one of two. 3. Medical term: Aspiration Definition: The taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current Use slash marks and divide term into word parts of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms: Aspirat/ion Identify each word part: Apirat- is a prefix and -ion is a suffix. Define each word part: Aspirat/o means inhale, removal; -ion means process of. 4. Medical term: Dysphonia Definition: Having an abnormal voice. Use slash marks and divide term into word parts of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms: Dys/phon/ia Identify each word part: Dys- is a prefix, phon- is a combining form, and -ia is a suffix. Define each word part: Dys- means bad, abnormal; phon/o means sound, voice; -ia means condition. 5. Medical term: Endoscopic Definition: An instrument that can be introduced into the body to give a view of its internal parts. Use slash marks and divide term into word parts of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms: Endo/scop/ic Identify each word part: Endo- is the prefix, scop- is the combining form, and -ic is the suffix. Define each word part: