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All medical terms contain a |
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What are the three parts of a medical term? |
Prefix, word root, suffix |
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Dermat |
Skin |
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Crani |
Skull |
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Prenatal |
Before birth |
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Prefix |
Before word root |
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Poly |
Many. Much |
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Sub |
Below |
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Post |
After |
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Suffix |
After word root |
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Ectomy |
Removal |
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itis |
Inflammation |
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ia |
Condition of |
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Carditis |
Inflammation of the heart |
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dys |
Painful difficult. Painful |
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Nephrology |
Study of kidney |
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Ostealgia |
Bone pain |
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Intra |
Inside |
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Gastrotomy |
Stomach incision |
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Gram |
Record |
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Discectomy |
Removal of a disc of the spine |
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Super, supra |
Above |
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Dys |
Painful, difficult, abnormal |
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ium |
Tissue or structure |
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Plural of phenomenon |
Phenomena |
