MedTerm1

"arth"

joint
"hepat"

liver
"ven"

vein
"oste"

bone
"intra"

within
"sub-"

under
-itis

inflamation
-ic

pertaining to
-ous

pertaining to
-pathy

disease
-megaly

enlargement
Eponyms

terms derived from the name of a person
acronyms

terms formed from the first letter of words in a phrase that can be spoken as a whole word and usually contains a vowel
modern language

terms derived from the English language
orth/o

straight
ped/o

child or foot
The word part that links a word root to a suffix is a...

combining vowel
A combining form could best be described as a(n)...

association of a word root and combining vowel
Medical terms built from word parts are defined by:

the meaning of the word parts
What is a combining vowel?

Usually an "o" used between two word roots or a word root and suffix to ease pronunciation.

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Updated

2012-07-20T19:58:33Z