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Elements of Medical Terms m m m




• Word Roots m




• Suffixes
• Prefixes
• Combining Vowels m




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, Word Roots m




• Foundation of most medical terms m m m m




• Gives essential meaning of the term
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• Frequently, but not always, refers to:
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– Body structure m




– Organ
– System




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, Word Root Examples m m




• cardi heart
• gastr stomach
• hepat liver
• rhin nose
• cephal head
• arthr joint
• my muscle
• oste bone


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, Combining Vowel m




• Almost always an “o” m m m




• 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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