Foundation - correct answer ✔✔Words roots are the ______ of words
Prefixes - correct answer ✔✔-At the beginning of words and modify the word root
-Location of organ
-Number of parts
-Time (frequency)
Suffixes - correct answer ✔✔-End of the word and modify the word root
-Condition
-Disease
-Procedure
Word root - correct answer ✔✔-Often refers to a body system or part
-May also describe an action
False (ex. hypertrophy is just prefix and suffix) - correct answer ✔✔T/F: All medical terms have a root
Combining vowel - correct answer ✔✔-Between two words
-Between a word root and a suffix that starts with a consonant
-Usually an "o"
-Not used if suffix begins with vowel
-Typically used between two word roots, even if the second word root begins with vowel
Bi/o - correct answer ✔✔life
, Carcin/o - correct answer ✔✔cancer
Cardi/o - correct answer ✔✔heart
Chem/o - correct answer ✔✔chemical
Cis/o - correct answer ✔✔to cut
Dermat/o - correct answer ✔✔skin
Enter/o - correct answer ✔✔small intestine
Gastr/o - correct answer ✔✔stomach
Gynec/o - correct answer ✔✔female
Hemat/o - correct answer ✔✔blood
Imun/o - correct answer ✔✔immunity
Laryng/o - correct answer ✔✔voice box/Larynx
Nephr/o - correct answer ✔✔Kidney
neur/o - correct answer ✔✔nerve
ophthalm/o - correct answer ✔✔eye
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