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| terms that are formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase |
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| words that are derived from the name of a person (often a physician or scientists) who was the first to identify a certain condition or to devise a medical procedure |
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-the main part, or foundation, of the word
-it contains the word's essential meaning
-almost every medical term contains one or more of these
-in medical terminology this often represents a body part |
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-a part that is placed at the end of a word
-attaching it to the end of a word modifies the word's meaning
-frequently indicates a procedure, a condition, or a disease
-most medical terms have this |
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| a suffix meaning "inflammation" |
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-a word part located at the beginning of a term
-when attached to the word root it changes the meaning of the word
-often indicates number, position, direction, time or negation
-not used in all medical terms |
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| a prefix representing a number meaning "two" |
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| a prefix representing a negation means "without" |
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| a prefix that means "under" |
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| a word root that means "liver" |
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| a suffix that means "pertaining to" |
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-part of a word
-it links the word root to the suffix (but never to a prefix)
-in medical terms its usually an "o" |
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| a word root that means "blood" |
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| -a suffix that means "study of" |
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-a word part
-has no meaning of its own
-used to join word parts, making pronunciation of a term easier
-isn't used between a prefix and a word root |
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-a word root
-means "bone" |
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-a word root
-means "joint" |
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| a guideline for using combining vowels |
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-a situation where you are
connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is usually not used if the suffix begins with a vowel |
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-a word root
-means "electricity" |
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-this term results when a word root and a combining vowel are joined
-in this term the word root is separated from the combining vowel by a vertical slash
-ex: hepat/o |
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-a suffix
-means "pertaining to" |
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-a suffix
-means "disease" |
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-a suffix
-means "enlargement" |
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