KEY TERMS 7 - Medical Terminology
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| abbreviation | a shortened form of a word or phrase
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| anterior | located at or toward the front of the body or body part; ventral
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| combining vowel | a vowel added between two roots or between a root and a suffix to make pronunciation easier
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| distal | the part farthest from the centre or from the point of attachment
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| dorsal | locate at or toward the back of the body or body part; posterior
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| lateral | relating to or located at the side of the body or body part
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| medial | relating to or located at or near the middle or midline of the body or body part
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| posterior | see dorsal
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| prefix | a word element placed at the beginning of a word to change the meaning of the word
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| proximal | the part nearest to the centre or to the point of origin
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| root | a word element containing the basic meaning of the word
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| suffix | a word element placed at the end of a root to change the meaning of the word
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| ventral | see anterior
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| word element | a part of a word
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