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Medical Terms Chapter 1
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Undergraduate 1
09/16/2014
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Elements of medical terms:

 Definition

1. Root: Foundation of the term

2. Suffix: word ending

3. Prefix: word beginning

4. Combining vowel: vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root

5. Combining form: combination of the root and the combining vowel
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aden/o

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gland
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arthr/o

 Definition
joint
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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