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Basic Medical Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Question 2 • Health Science Concepts A1 – EDGNTY-83861 26-27

Medical terminology is broken down into which three components? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
verbs
B
root words
C
nouns
D
prefixes
E
suffixes

Explanation

Medical terms are commonly built from three word parts: a root word, a prefix, and a suffix. The root carries the main meaning, the prefix appears at the beginning and modifies that meaning, and the suffix appears at the end; verbs and nouns are parts of speech, not these word components.

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