Medical Terminology 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The fundamental unit of each medical word | ROOT |
| a short word or series of parts added at the end of a root to modify it's meaning | SUFFIX |
| a short word part added before a root to modify it's meaning. | PREFIX |
| an abreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase ex. ASAP | ACRONYM |
| a word that contains more than one root | compound word |
| a root word combined with a vowel that links the root with another word part, such as a suffix or another root. ex. neur/o | combining word/form |
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