CLAS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ophthalmology, Kidney, Osteotomy
28 Feb 2016
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Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in. Think about a car (automobile)- moves under its own. Anemia- decreased number of erythrocytes or an abnormality of the hemoglobin. Possibility of have multiple prefixes but is very rare. Combining form: combination of the root and the combining vowel. Prefix---root suffix (combining vowel can be found in between any section) Combining vowel: links the root to something else, could be combining two roots together, or a root and a suffix, or a root and a prefix. Has no significance, only there for ease of pronouncation. 3 general rules: reading the meaning of medical terms from the suffix (back) to the front the across, drop the combining vowel (o), if the suffix (end) begins with a vowel, ex. Leukemia not leukoemia (harder to say): keep the combining vowel between the two root words. Don"t not drop combining vowel between two roots: ex.
