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Chap 1
Introduction Medical Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Root | Foundation / Subject of the term |
| Suffix | Ending gives essential meaning to the term |
| Prefix | Beginning of a term when needed to modify the root |
| Hydr/o | Water |
| Scler/o | Hard |
| Path/o | Suffering / Disease |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Tissue / Structure |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| tachy- | fast |