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| Meaning of word root in hyperglycemia |
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| On Joint Commission Do Not Use List |
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| Latin word root for kidney |
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| Abbreviations for lab tests |
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| Body organ affected in pulmonary disease |
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| If a suffix begins with rh |
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| If a suffix is added to word ending in x |
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| x is dropped and changed to a g or c |
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| Suffix is element of word |
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| Balanced or "steady state" of body |
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| Pair of letters where each letter is pronounced separately |
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| Abbreviation for type of cell |
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| Hematologist is specialist in branch of medicine dealing with |
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| Abbreviation for microgram can be mistaken for |
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| Word part of cardiomyopathy meaning disease |
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| Best to start with the prefix, than back to the suffix, and identify meaning of word root last |
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| Word root typically indicates tissue, organ or body system, color, condition, substance or structure |
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| Occasionally there will be both an Irish and Latin root with same meaning |
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| Combining vowel not normally used when suffix starts with a vowel. Combining vowel kept between two word roots, even if second root begins with a vowel |
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