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Parts of Med Terms
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Question | Answer |
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Root | Basic meaning of the term. Some have 1 root or more |
Combining Vowels | is used to combine a Root to a Root or Suffix |
Combining Form | Root plus a combining vowel. Most of the time the vowel is "O" |
Suffix | Adds a meaning to the end of a word |
Prefix | Adds meaning to begining of a word * if Suffix begins in a vowel we don't need a combining vowel |