Anatomy of a medical term

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Word root

the foundation of a word

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prefix

what occurs before the root word (generally describes location and intensity)

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suffix

what occurs after the word root (indicates procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech)

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Combining vowel

a vowel that joins one or more word roots to other components of a term