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| RULE 1 - WORDS ENDING IN ANY VOWEL OR CONSONANT EXCEPT S,X,Z, OR Y |
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| RULE 2 - WORDS ENDING IN S, X, OR Z |
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| RULE 3 - WORDS ENDING IN "Y" PRECEDED BY A CONSONANT. |
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| REMOVE THE "Y" AND ADD "IES" |
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| RULE 4 - WORDS ENDING IN "Y" AND PRECEDED BY A VOWEL. |
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| RULE 5 - LATIN WORDS ENDING IN "X" |
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| REMOVE THE "X" AND ADD "CES" |
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| RULE 6 - LATIN TERMS ENDING IN "A" |
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| RULE 7 - LATIN WORDS ENDING IN "US" |
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| RULE 8 - GREEK WORDS ENDING IN "ON" |
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| RULE 9 - LATIN WORDS ENDING IN "UM" |
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| REMOVE "UM" FROM AND ADD "A" |
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| RULE 10 - GREEK WORDS ENDING IN "SIS" |
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| FORMING MEDICAL TERMS-WORD ROOT |
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| WORD ROOT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PORTION OF A WORD THAT CONTAINS THE BASIC MEANING. FOR EXAMPLE: THE WORD ROOT "CARDI" MEANS "HEART" |
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| FORMING MEDICAL TERMS-COMBINING FORMS |
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| ARE THE WORD ROOT AND A COMBINING VOWEL THAT ENABLE TWO PARTS TO BE CONNECTED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORD ROOT "CARDI" + THE COMBINING VOWEL "O" CAN FORM WORDS RELATING TO THE BASIC MEANING "HEART", SUCH AS CARDIOLOGY, THE PRACTICE THAT STUDIES, DIAGNOSES, AND TREATS DISORDERS OF THE HEART. IT IS OFTEN EASIER TO UNDERSTAND MEDICAL TERMS BY LOOKING AT THE SUFFIX FIRST. THUS "-LOGY", THE STUDY OF, PLUS THE PREFIX CARDIO- GIVES YOU A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEFINITION |
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| FORMING MEDICAL TERMS - PREFIXES |
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| WORD PARTS ATTACHED TO THE BEGINNING OF A WORD OR WORD ROOT THAT MODIFY THE MEANING OF THAT WORD ROOT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PREFIX "PERI-" MEANING "AROUND, NEAR, SURROUNDING" HELPS TO FORM THE WORD PERICARDIUM, MEANING "AROUND OR SURROUNDING THE HEARD". |
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| FORMING MEDICAL TERMS - SUFFIXES |
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| ARE WORD PARTS ATTACHED TO THE END OF A WORD OR WORD ROOT THAT MODIFY THE MEAINING OF THE WORD ROOT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUFFIX "OID" MEANING "LIKE OR RESEMBLING", HELPS TO FORM THE WORD "FIBROID", MEANING " MADE OF "FIBROUS TISSUE". |
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