MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 350
THE DEAN VAUGHN TOTAL RETENTION SYSTEM®
COURSE OUTLINE
The Dean Vaughn Total Retention System™ applied to Medical Terminology 350 is designed to be the
fastest and most effective method to teach the most commonly used Greek and Latin elements of
medical terminology. It works in conjunction with the natural learning process of the brain by
converting abstract medical word elements into images of real and familiar objects that make it
incredibly easy to learn and remember program content.
MATERIALS
Medical Terminology 350 consists of the following components:
• Fourteen lessons of video instruction
• Student Learning Guide
ASSIGNMENTS
As active participants in Medical Terminology 350, you will be expected to:
• Complete the Pre-test to establish a basis for measuring individual accomplishment
• View and carefully participate (i.e., pronouncing the medical term, audionym and meaning
along with the narrator; visualizing the audionym and its association) in the video presentation
for each lesson
• Complete all associated lesson-based Reading Assignments and Learning Activities
• Perform a final review of 350 medical elements
• Complete the Final Test to assess knowledge and understanding of medical terminology
OBJECTIVES
On completion of Medical Terminology 350 students will be able to:
• Identify the structure of medical terminology and recognize word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and
combining forms
• Understand that the meaning of most complex medical terms is derived by analysis of simpler
components or word parts
• Acquire a solid foundation of 350 Latin and Greek word parts or elements that will lead to
interpreting and understanding more than 11,000 complex medical terms
• Complete a final test and achieve a percentage score of 70 percent or better
LESSON 1
Pre-Test
• Introduction | Dean Vaughn methodology
• Learn the structure of medical terminology
• Learn combining vowels and forms
• Learn 25 medical elements
gastr- plast- -osis nephr- rhincardi- cerebr- -otomy hepat- gingivmegal- path- aden- arthr- -malacia
-itis -ectomy angi- blephar- -ology
dermat- enter- -oma -ologist spasm
LESSON 2
Learn 25 medical elements
-algia hyper- hyster- chondr- lipcrani- cyst- -ostomy cyan- myend- chole- para- hem(at)- lithhemi- hypo- -lysis ost- opt-
-oid -scop- cervic- psycho- proct
LESSON 3
Learn 25 medical elements
cost- -penia strept- supra- dent-
-gram gen- -desis -ptosis cephalacro- burso- mani- -dyn- autorhexis retr(o)- glosso- mast- epicarcin- trip- -trophy -rrhaphy hydro
LESSON 4
Learn 25 medical elements
lobo- brady- -esthesia benign melan-
-emesis -ectasis cantho- semen caudacontra- cyt- steno- celio- lingua-
-iasis odont- cheil- erythro- myringtrans- leuk- -cele vaso- spondyl-
LESSON 5
Learn 25 medical elements
ovar- mening- or- lact- sphenic-
-centesis cec- sub- onych- myeloto- macul- spiro- thorac- antibili- -pexy lacrim- pyle- mycosquam- onco- viscero- vesic- hallux
LESSON 6
Learn 25 medical elements
physio- aur- cor plexus histobucc(o)- acoust(i)- ren cilia stomapalpebr- colp(o)- orchi- dendr- tympan-
-plasia phon- encephal- phleb- umbilicrug- leio- thalam- pilo- salpingo
LESSON 7
Learn 25 medical elements
helio- tarso- ocul- scler(a)- septastr- -tope lapar- somato- scirr(h)-
-asthenia pod- dacry- trachel- antrfascia- malign- ment- sinus- -crine
iso- adnexa part- hypno- dura
LESSON 8
Learn 25 medical elements
pneum- iris oophor- radi- parietphage kerat- oment- fistul- ependymphren- pulmo- sedat- edema gravid
corne- ptyal- furca- dactyl- aerplak- alveol- radic- metabol(e) glyco-
LESSON 9
Learn 25 medical elements
tarso- dors- labi- colla- dyscheir- gangli- micr- later- cutcalc- gemin- peps- rachi- encine- grad- pleur- phob- peridigit gran- mamm- phot- pro
LESSON 10
Learn 25 medical elements
mechano- maxill- turbin- therm- tegument
dynam- an-, a- ameb- syn-, sym- panosmo- phak- semi- vuls- polytraumat- pre- neo- post ramus
trich- strict- hormone metr- neuro
LESSON 11
- Learn 25 medical elements
thromb- ex- sarc- inter- tensab- lien- proli- infra- spas-
-plegia tumor macro- cryo- somniante- vestibule lal- mal- pharmacthel- puer- intra- glom- lumbo
LESSON 12
Learn 25 medical elements
arter- adreno- utero- larying- triappendic- basi- sacro- bronch- ilethyro- pelvi- pharyng col- ilisplen- vena- duodeno- esophag- ligovario- urethr- ureter- bi- therap-
LESSON 13
Medical Word Parts Associated with the Nervous System
encephal- thalam- plexus- dendr- duraependym- gangli- rachi- neuro- plegia-
• Review Activities
• Medical Word Parts Associated with the Sensory Organs
lacrim- audi- aur- myring- ot-
• Review Activities
LESSON 14
Learn 25 medical elements
proxim- eury- dis- -rrhag -rrhe
scol- pect- fac- sta- medapo- necr- lept- ton- xerdi- mi- lymph- volv- perdia- morph- meta- splanchn- blast-- Final Test
LEARNING GUIDE | SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Lesson-based reading assignments and exercises
Application of elements to medical classifications.
Major medical specialties and specialists
Topographic systems
- Medical terms used in the description of diseases