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Prefix |
Usually , but not always, indicates location, time, number, or status. |
A prefix always comes at the beginning of a word. |
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Gastroenteritis |
Is an inflammation of the stomach and small intestine. |
For example, the term gastroenteritis combines two word roots with a suffix: when gastr/o (stomach) is joined with enter/o (small intestine), the combining vowel is used with gastr/o. The word root enter is joined to -itis without a combining vowel because this suffix begins with a vowel. |
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Neuroplasty |
Is the surgical repair of a nerve. |
Neur/o means nerve -plasty means surgical repair |
