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-logist
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One who specializes
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-logy
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The study of
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-itis
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Inflammation
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-ac
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Pertaining to, as in cardi-ac
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-osis
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Condition, as in dermatosis (any condition of the skin)
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-ic
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Pertaining to- just like -ac
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Hypo-
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Under
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What is a combining form?
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When a word root is added to a vowel, usually an o but can be an i
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Acr, word root
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Extremities
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Word roots: cardi, path, my, combine them
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Heart, disease, muscle, cardiomyopathy
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The y in cardiomyopathy is what?
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Suffix
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Rule 1: a word cannot end in a combining form of the root and vowel, instead the vowel is dropped and a ______ is added, give an example
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Suffix, cardiomyopathy, the y is the suffix, or... megalocardia, ia is the suffix
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Megal is the root that means what
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Enlargement
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A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of what?
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A word root
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Algia
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Pain, remember that is used as cardialgia, no combining vowel is needed because the suffix (-algia) begins with a vowel already.
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