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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a Root word?
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The root word is the essential meaning of the medical term.
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What is a Combining form?
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The connecter between a suffix or another root word.
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Where is the Root word found?
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The root word is found mostly in the beginning or ending of the medical term.
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What is a suffix?
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The word at the end of a medical term that can wither describe a condition or procedure.
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Where is the suffix found?
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Always at the end of a medical term.
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What is a prefix?
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The word part at the beginning of a medical term that can describe amount&size, number&quantity, position&direction, or description.
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What is the rule for adding to root words together?
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You always keep the "O" between them.
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What is the rule for adding a suffix?
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First you look at the first letter in the suffix if the letter starts w/ a vowel you keep the "O" between them if it starts w/ a consonant you drop the "O"
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What is the rule for adding a prefix?
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You just stick the prefix to the front of the word.
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How do you read a medical term when you are trying to determine the meaning?
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You have to start at the end of the medical term where the suffix is define the suffix then go back to the front of the word & define each word part.
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