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Research newspapers, medical journals,
magazines, peer review articles, etc. for any articles dealing with medicine –
for example new medical procedures, medicine, medical conditions etc.
- Typed paper – two (2) page summary of the article; doubled spaced;
Times Roman 12pt.-Microsoft Word; 1 inch margins. Save medical articles as
lastname_MA1 (e.g. Grant_MA1) - Paraphrase the summary– Do not plagiarize
following which three (3) medical terms from the article will be defined
at the bottom of the medical article. - Cite where article was retrieved in the APA style of writing and
attach a copy of the original article to the summary. Post both as
attachments. Do not provide any web links in place of the original
article. Original
article and summary must be submitted together as attachments. The summary must be
submitted in Microsoft Word or saved in a Rich Text File (rtf), the
original article can be submitted in a PDF file together as one
attachment. Locate articles that are already in a PDF format. If you do
not have this type of software, you can copy the article in a word
document and save. If you copy the article in a word document,
please delete all of the symbols etc. that are attached when you copy
information from the Internet. - ***Do not copy and paste article in the
submission space. Any article summary submitted in this manner will not
receive any credit. ****
Listed below
is a sample of how the medical article should look. Do not use Wikipedia
website
Complete word |
Prefix |
Meaning of prefix |
Combining form |
Meaning of combining form |
Root |
Meaning of root |
Suffix |
Meaning of Suffix
|
Definition
|
epigastric |
Epi |
Above |
|
|
gastr |
stomach |
-ic |
Pertaining to |
Pertaining to above the stomach |
gastroenterologist |
|
|
gastr/o enter/o |
stomach intestines |
|
|
-logist |
One who studies |
one who studies the stomach and |
patient |
|
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|
|
|
|
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a person who is under medical or |
anuria |
an |
lack of, without |
|
|
uria |
urine |
|
|
absence of urine production |
convulsion |
con |
with, together |
|
|
vuls |
tear, pull |
ion |
process |
seizure |