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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  3. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    In forming or understanding a word root, one needs a basic comprehension of the terms and the source language.The study of the origin of words is called etymology.For example, if a word was to be formed to indicate a condition of kidneys, there are two primary roots – one from Greek (νεφρός nephr(os)) and one from Latin (ren(es)).

  4. Talk : Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

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    Medical Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms and List of medical roots - These two lists duplicate much of the same information or at least item members. They each have some good points. So some thoughts: Naming or Rename? I think an article name starting with "List of" is to be preferred, but "medical roots" seems awkward.

  5. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Cartilaginous joints also forms the growth regions of immature long bones and the intervertebral discs of the spinal column. Catheter – Is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure.

  6. Neoclassical compound - Wikipedia

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    Many classical combining forms are designed to take initial or final position: autobiography has the two initial or preposed forms auto-and bio-, and one postposed form -graphy. Although most occupy one position or the other, some can occupy both: -graph- as in graphology and monograph ; -phil- as in philology and Anglophile .

  7. Shortness of breath - Wikipedia

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    Shortness of breath (SOB), known as dyspnea (in AmE) or dyspnoea (in BrE), is an uncomfortable feeling of not being able to breathe well enough. The American Thoracic Society defines it as "a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of qualitatively distinct sensations that vary in intensity", and recommends evaluating dyspnea by assessing the intensity of its distinct ...

  8. Pathology - Wikipedia

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    However, when used in the context of modern medical treatment, the term is often used in a narrower fashion to refer to processes and tests that fall within the contemporary medical field of "general pathology", an area that includes a number of distinct but inter-related medical specialties that diagnose disease, mostly through analysis of ...

  9. Generic drug - Wikipedia

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    Because the active chemical substance is the same, the medical profile of generics is equivalent in performance compared to their performance at the time when they were patented drugs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A generic drug has the same active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) as the original, but it may differ in some characteristics such as the ...