There are four parts of a Medical Word.
- Prefix
- Goes in the beginning only in the medical word
- Changes the meaning of the medical word
- Are directional terms, colors, location
- Are optional; do not need
- Root
- Goes in the beginning or middle of the word
- Mainly a body part
- Must be included in the medical word
- Combining Vowel
- Mainly an O, but other vowels are used
- Goes between a root and suffix
- Make it better to pronounce
- Optional
- Suffix
- Goes in the end of a medical word
- Changes the meaning of a medical word
- Must have a suffix in a medical word
- Put the root into action, describes what it is doing
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