Building Medical Terms - created from Mind Map

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Prefix

Attached to the beginning of the Root Word or Combining Form.

Not all terms have a Prefix

Usually indicates a number, time, position, or direction

Root Word or Combining Form

Root Word - The foundation of the term that gives the part of the body or illness that it defines.

Combining Form - A Root Word with a combining vowel (usually "o") at the end

A medical term cannot end with a root word or combining form

Suffix

Element at the end of a term

Describes disease, symptom, or procedure

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