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COMPOUND WORD

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IS A TERM MADE UP OF MORE THAN ONE WORD PART

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WORD ROOT

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CONTAINS THE BASIC MEANING OF THE TERM. IN MEDICIAL TERMINOLOGY THIS WORD PART USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS INDICATES THE INVOLVED BODY PART. FOR EXAMPLE WORD ROOT MEANING STOMACH IS GASTR

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COMBINING FORM

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IS A WORD ROOT WITH A COMBINING VOWEL ADDED AT THE END. USED WHEN TWO WORD ROOTS ARE COMBINED OR WHEN SUFFIX BEGINNING WITH A CONSONANT IS ADDED. COMBINING FORM APPEARS ALONE, IT IS SHOWN WITH A BACK SLASH (/) BETWEEN THE WORD ROOT AND THE COMBINING VOWEL. FOR EXAMLE THE COMBING FORM OF THE WORD ROOT GAST IS GASTR/O NOTE “ A,E,I,O,U AND SOMETIMES Y ARE VOWELS

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SUFFIX

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USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS INDICATES THE PROCEDURE CONDITION DISORDER OR DISEASE
A SUFFIX ALWAYAS COMES AT THE END OF THE WORD
YOURLL KNOW A WORD PART IS A SUFFIX WHEN IT IS SHOWN WITH A HYPHEN (-) IN FRONT OF IT.
EXAMPLE: THE SUFFIX -ITIS MEANS INFLAMMATION

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PREFIX

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ALWAYS COMES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD
WHEN IT IS SHOWN WITH A HYPHEN (-) AFTER IT.
EXAMPLE: HYPER- MEANS EXCESSIVE OR INCRASED

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WORD PART GUIDELINE

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A WORD ROOT CANNOT STAND ALONE.
A SUFFIX MUST ALAWAYS BE ADDED AT THE END OF THE WORD TO COMPLETE THE TERM
THE RULESFOR CREATING A COMBINING FORM BY ADDING A VOWEL APPLY WHEN A SUFFIX BEGINNNG WIT A CONSONANT IS ADDED TO A WORD ROOT\
IF A PREFIX IS ADDED IT IS ALWAYS PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD

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WORD ROOTS

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ACT AS THE FOUNDATION FOR MOST MEDICIAL TERMS
THEY USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS DESCIBE THE PART OF THE BODY THAT IS INVOLVED

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SPINAL CORD

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MYEL/O

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MUSCLE

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MY/O

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BONE

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OSTE/O

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NERVE

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NEUR/O

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JOINT

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ARTHR/O

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CRYAN/O

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MEANS BLUE

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CYANOSIS

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IS A BLUE DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN CAUSE BY LACK OF ADEQUATE OXGYEN IN THE BLOOD
(CYAN MEANS BLUE, AND -OSIS MEANDS ABNORMAL CONDITION

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ETHYR/O

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RED

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EYTHOCYTE

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IS A MATURE RED BLOOD CELL (ERTHY/O) MEANS RED AND CYTE MEANS CELL

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LEUK/O

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WHITE

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LEUKOCYE

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IS WHITE BLOOD CE;; (LEUK/O MEANS WHTE AND CYTE MEAN CELL

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MELAN/O

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BLACK

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MELANOMA

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IS A TYPE OF SKIN CANCER ( MELAN MEANS BLACK AND OMA MEANS A TUMOR

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POLI/O

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GRAY

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POLIOMYELITIS

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IS A VIRAL INFECION OF THE GRAY NEVE TISSURE OF THE SPINAL CORD (POLI/O MEANS GRAY, MYEL MEANS SPINAL CORD

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COMBINING FORMS/ VOWLES RULES

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COMBINGING FORM INCLUDES A VOWLE USUALLY THE LETTER O, ADDED TO THE END OF A WORD ROOT.
USUALLY ADDED TO MAKE TEH RESULTING MEDICIAL TERM EASUER TO PRINOUNCE.

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RULES

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2 WORD ROOTS ARE JOINED, A COMBINING VOWEL IS ALWAYS ADDED TO TTHE 1ST WORD ROOT.
COMBINING VOWEL IS USED AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORD ROOT ONLY IF THE SUFFIX BEGIN WITH A CONSANANT

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GASTROENTERITIS
COMBINES 2 WORD ROOTS WITH A SUFFIX WHEN GASTR (STOMACH) IS JOINED WITH THE WORD ROOT ENTER (SMALL INTESTINE) A VOWEL IS USED TO MAKE THE COMBINING FORM GASTR/O
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GASTROENTERITIS
IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND SALL INTESTINE
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SUFFIX`
IS ALWAYS ADDE AT THE END OF A WORD TO COMPLETE THAT TERM SUFFIXES USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS INDICATE A PROCEDURE CONDITION DISORDOR OR DISEASE
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COMBINING VOWEL
IS USED WHEN THE SUFFIX BEGINS WHITH A CONSONANT
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NEUR/O
NERVE IS JOINED WITH THE SUFFIX -PLASTY (SURGICAL REPAIR
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-RRHAPHY
SURGICAL SUTURING
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NTY EUROPLAS
IS THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF A NERVE
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NEURORRHAPHY
IS SUTURING TOGETHER THE ENDS OF A SEVERED NERVE
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COMBINING VOWEL
IS NOT USED WHEN THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A VOWLE EXAMPLE: TONSILL MEANS TONSILS NO COMBING VOWLE IS NEEDED WHEN ADDING EITHER -ITIS (INFLAMMATION) OR -ECTIMY (SUGICAL REMOVAL)
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TONSILLITIS
IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE FONSILS
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TONSILLECTOMY
THE SUGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSILS
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SUFFIXES AS NOUN ENDINGS
NOUN IS A WORD THAT IS THE NAME OF A PERSON PLACE OF THING. SOME SUFFIXES CHANGE THE WORD ROOT INTO A NOUN EXAMPLE: CRANIUM IS THE PORTION OF THE SKULL THAT ENCLOSES THE BRAIN (CRANI MEANS SKULL AND -UM IS THE NOUN ENDING
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SUFFIXES AS NOUN ENDINGS
-A -UM -Y -E -US
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SUFFIXES MEANING "PERTAINING TO"
ADJECTIVE IS A WORD THAT DEFINES OR DESCRIBES
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SUFFIXES MEANING PERTAINING TO
MANU SUFFIXES MEANING PRETAINING TO ARE USED TO CHANGE THE MEANING OF A WORD ROOT INTO AN ADJECTIVE EXAMPLE: CARDI MEANS HEART AND THE SUFFIX -AC MEANS PERTAING TO WHEN COMBINED THYE FORM CARDIAC AN ADJECTIVE THAT MEANS PERTAINNG TP THE HEART
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SUFFEXES MEANING PERTAINING TO
-AC -AL -AN -AR -ARY -EAL -ICAL -IAL -IC -INE -IOR -ORY -OUS -TIC
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SUFFIXES MEANING ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE
ANY SUFFIXES SUCH AS -OSIS EAN ADNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE
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GASTROSIS
MEANS ANY DISEASE OF THE STOMACH (GASTR MEANS STOMACH AND -OSIS MEANS ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE
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ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DIESASE
-AGO -ESIS -IA -IASIS -ION -ISM --OSIS -PATHY
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PATHOLOGY
IS THE STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS OF DISEASES (PATH MEANS DISEASE AND -OLOGY MEANS STUDY OF SUFFIXES RELATED TO PATHOLOGY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC DISEASE CONDTION
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ALGI
PAIN AND SUFFERING
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GASTRALGIA
KNOWN AS A STOMACHACHE MEANS PAIN IN THE STOMACH (GASTR MEANS STOMACH AND -ALGIA MEANS PAIN
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-DYNIA
ANOTHER SUFFIX MEANING PAIN
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GASTRODYNIA
ALSO MEANS PAIN IN THE STOMACH (GASTR/O MEANS STOMAH AND -DYNI MEANS PAIN
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ITIS
INFLAMMATION
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GASTRITIS
IS AN INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND -ITIS MEANS INFLAMMATION
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-MEGALY
ENGLARGEMENT
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HEPATOMEGALY
IS ABNORMAL EN;ARGEMENT OF THE LIVER (HEPAT/O MEANS LIVER, -MEGALY MEANS ENLARGMENT
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-MALACIA
ABNORMAL SOFTENING
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ARTERIOMALACIA
IS THE ABNORMAL SOFTENING OF THE WALLS OF THE ARTERY OF ARTERIES ARTER/O MEANS ARTERY -MALACIA MEANS ABNORMAL SOFTENING -MALACIA IT THE OPPISIT OF -SCLEROSIS
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-NECROSIS
TISSUE DEATH
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ARTERIONECROSIS
IS THE TISSUE DEATH OF AN ARTERY OR ARTERIES ARTERI/O MEANS ARTERY -NECOSIS MEANS TISSUE DEATH
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DOUBLE R SUFFIXES
SUFFIXES BEGINNING WITH 2 OF THE LETTER R OFTEN REFFED TO AS THE LETTER R
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-RRHAGE AND -RRAGIA
BLEEDING HOWEVER THEY ARE MOST OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE SUDDEN SEVRE BLEEDING
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HEMORRHAGE
IS THE LOSS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD IN A SHORT TIME (HEM/O MEANS BLOOD -RRHAGE MEANS BLEEDING OR ABNORMAL EXCESSIVE FLUID DISCHARGE
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-RRHAPHY
SURGIACAL SUTURING TO CLOSE A WOUND AND INCLUDES THE USE OF SUTURES STAPLES OR SUGICAL GLUE
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TENORRHAPHY
SURGICAL SUTURING OF A TENDON (TEN/O MEANS

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