Elements of Medical Terms vg vg vg
• Word Roots vg
• Suffixes
• Prefixes
• Combining Vowels vg
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, Word Roots vg
• Foundation of most medical terms vg vg vg vg
• Gives essential meaning of the term
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• Frequently, but not always, refers to:
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– Body structure vg
– Organ
– System
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, Word Root Examples vg vg
• cardi heart
• gastr stomach
• hepat liver
• rhin nose
• cephal head
• arthr joint
• my muscle
• oste bone
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, Combining Vowel vg
• Almost always an “o” vg vg vg
• Does not have any meaning
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• Used for two reasons
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– To connect together word parts
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– To make terms easier to spell and pronounce
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• Word Roots vg
• Suffixes
• Prefixes
• Combining Vowels vg
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, Word Roots vg
• Foundation of most medical terms vg vg vg vg
• Gives essential meaning of the term
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• Frequently, but not always, refers to:
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– Body structure vg
– Organ
– System
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, Word Root Examples vg vg
• cardi heart
• gastr stomach
• hepat liver
• rhin nose
• cephal head
• arthr joint
• my muscle
• oste bone
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, Combining Vowel vg
• Almost always an “o” vg vg vg
• Does not have any meaning
vg vg vg vg
• Used for two reasons
vg vg vg
– To connect together word parts
vg vg vg vg
– To make terms easier to spell and pronounce
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