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What is a word root?
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The core/foundation of a medical term, it contains the fundamental meaning of the word.
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Greek word roots are used to build words that describe what?
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Diseases, conditions, treatments or diagnosis's.
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Latin word roots are used to build words that describe what?
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Anatomic structures.
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DERM
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SKIN
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NEPHR
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KIDNEY
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STOMAT
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MOUTH
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CUTANE
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SKIN
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OR
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MOUTH
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REN
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KIDNEY
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WHAT IS A COMBINING FORM?
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A WORD ROOT TO WHICH A VOWEL (USUALLY AN O) IS ADDED. ENABLES TWO ELEMENTS TO BE CONNECTED.
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ERYTHR/O
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RED
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GASTR/O
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STOMACH
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HEPAT/O
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LIVER
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IMMUN/O
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IMMUNE, IMMUNITY, SAFE
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NEPHR/O
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KIDNEY
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OSTE/O
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BONE
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A SUFFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?
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PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE OR PART OF SPEECH
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A PREFIX USUALLY INDICATES WHAT?
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A NUMBER, TIME, POSITION, DIRECTION OR NEGATION
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-ITIS
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INFLAMMATION
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-MEGALY
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ENLARGEMENT
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-OMA
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TUMOR
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-IA
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CONDITION
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-AR
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RELATING TO
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A-
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WITHOUT
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HYPER-
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EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL
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INTRA-
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IN, WITHIN
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MACRO-
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LARGE
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MICRO-
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SMALL
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WHAT ARE THE 3 BASIC RULES FOR DEFINING A MEDICAL WORD?
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1. DEFINE THE SUFFIX
2. DEFINE THE FIRST PART OF THE WORD 3. DEFINE THE MIDDLE PARTS OF THE WORD |
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A WORD ROOT LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A CONSONANT OR VOWEL?
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VOWEL
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A COMBINING FORM (ROOT+O) LINKS A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A VOWEL OR CONSONANT?
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CONSONANT
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USE A ______ TO LINK A ROOT TO ANOTHER ROOT TO FORM A COMPOUND WORD.
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COMBINING FORM
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4 ELEMENTS USED TO FORM WORDS
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WORD ROOTS, COMBINING FORMS, SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES
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FOR AE AND OE, ONLY THE ___ VOWEL IS PRONOUNCED
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SECOND
EX: BURSAE, PLEURAE |
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THE ____ SOUND OF S AND J ARE GIVEN TO C AND G BEFORE E,I,Y IN WORDS.
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SOFT
EX: CEREBRUM, GINGIVITIS |
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C AND G HAVE A ___ SOUND BEFORE ALL LETTERS EXCEPT FOR I,E,Y IN WORDS.
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HARD
EX: CARDIAC, GONAD |
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THE LETTERS CH ARE SOMETIMES PRONOUNCED AS A ___
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K
EX: CHOLESTEROL |
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WHEN PN APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, ONLY THE ___ IN PRONOUNCED.
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N
EX: PNEUMONIA |
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WHEN PN APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?
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BOTH
EX: HYPERPNEA |
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WHEN PS APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD, WHICH LETTER(S) IS PRONOUNCED?
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S
EX: PSYCHOLOGY |
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WHEN FORMING THE FINAL LETTER(S) OF A WORD, E AND ES ARE OFTEN PRONOUNCED AS SEPARATE _______
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SYLLABLES
EX: SYSTOLE, NARES |
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WHEN THE LETTER I APPEARS AT THE END OF A WORD (TO FORM A PLURAL) IT IS PRONOUNCED ____
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EYE
EX: BRONCHI, FUNGI |