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English medical terms are primarily adopted from ?
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Latin and Greek languages
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Root words?
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Main body of a word
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Everyword has at least _ root word?
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one
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A word that has more than one root word is a ?
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compound word
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Combining forms?
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a root plus a vowel
Example : bronch/o |
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Prefixes?
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a syllable that is placed in front of a word to give it a new meaning or to modiify word.
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Suffixes?
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placed at the end of a word to modify it or change its meaning
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The combining vowel is used when ?
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root or suffix is added to the combining form and the added root word or suffix begins with a consonant
example: hepat/o +megaly hepatomegaly Root word + combining vowel + suffix |
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combining vowel is dropped when ?
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root word or suffix added to the combining form begins with a vowel
example:hepat/o + itis = hepatitis root word + combining form + suffix |
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Words that end with X ?
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substitute a "c" when combined with suffixes or plural endings
EXAMPLE:cervix + -al = cervical |
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True or False?
Many prefixes end in a vowel and can be added to a root word or combining form without change to either |
True
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cyst/o + -cele
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cystocele
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amni/o + -centesis
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amniocentesis
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chol/e + cyst/o + -ectomy
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cholecystectomy
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path/o + -logist
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pathologist
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bronch/o + spasm
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bronchospasm
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aden/o + pathy
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adenopathy
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jejun/o + -ostomy
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jejunostomy
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ophthalm/o + -ic
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ophthalmic
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cervic/o + -itis
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cervicitis
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salping/o + -ectomy
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salpingectomy
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col/o + -ostomy
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colostomy
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thorac/o + lumb/o + -ar
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thoracolumbar
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intra- + abdomin/o + -al
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intra-abdominal
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-able/-ible
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capable of
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adjective
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-ac
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-al
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-an
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-ar/-ary
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-eal
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-ic/tic
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-ive
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pertaining to
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adjective
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-ase
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enzyme
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noun
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-algia
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pain
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noun
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-cele
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hernia
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noun
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Is -algia a noun or adjective?
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Noun
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Is -ible a noun or adjective?
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adjective
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Is -ive a noun or adjective?
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Adjective
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Is -ase
a noun or adjective? |
Noun
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Is -eal a noun or adjective?
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Adjective
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Is -ary a noun or adjective?
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Adjective
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Is -cele a noun or adjective?
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Noun
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Is -able a noun or adjective?
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Adjective
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is -ic/-tic a noun or adjective?
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Adjective
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The suffix which means hernia is
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-cele
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