Chapter 1 Word Scramble
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Greek and Latin word parts | are eponyms, acronyms and modern language |
word root | is the part that is the core of the word (play/er or arthr/itis) |
suffix | end of the word root (hepat/ic) |
Combinding vowel | /O/ in the middle of the word (oste/o/arthr/itis) |
Prefix | beginning of the word (re/play or sub/hepat/ic |
itis | inflammation |
hepat/ic | pertaining to the liver |
ven/ous | pertaining to the vein |
ostepathy | disease of the bone |
intra | within |
sub | under (a prefix) |
eponyms | terms derived fro mthe name of a person such as alzheimer disease |
acronyms | terms formed from the first letter of words in a phrase that can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) |
modern language | terms derived form the English language such as complete blood count and differentail |
combining form | word root plus combining vowel separated by a vertical slash ex: hepat/o |
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