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Chap 1
Introduction Medical Language
Term | Definition |
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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 |