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Main body of a word and are the building blocks for most medical terms.
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Word Roots
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Are sometimes composed of two word roots
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compound words
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Word root: LITH
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Greek or Latin origin:
Lithos (G., Stone) |
Use in A word: Lithiasis
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Psych
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Greek: Psyche (mind)
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psychology
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Caud
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Cauda: Latin: (tail)
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caudal
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or
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oris (L. MOuth)
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oral
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Afebrile
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prefix: a- (meaning without)
febrile (refers to fever) |
afebrile means without fever
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erythrocyte
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erythr/o - cyte
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red cell
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Which is a combining form? aorta or aort/0?
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aort/o
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In chloroplast,________is the combining form.
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Chlor/o
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Which of the following word parts are prefixes? heapt/o,-algia, an-, -ase, supra, -ose?
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an-, supra-
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Which of the following are suffixes? hypo-,intra-,gen/o,-graph,-graphy, -ole?
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-graph, -graphy, -ole
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ot/o
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meaning ear
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otitis
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ot/o + itis
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inflammation of the ear
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otology
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ot/o - + logy
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study of the ear
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otoplasty
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ot/o + plasty
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plastic surgery of the ear
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otorrhea
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ot/o + rrhea
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discharge from the ear
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ototomy
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ot/o +tomy
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incision of the ear
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