EBK MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SYSTEMS
EBK MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SYSTEMS
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ISBN: 9780803658684
Author: Gylys
Publisher: YUZU
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A prefix is referred to as a word element that placed or attached to the beginning of a word root or word. Most medical terms have the prefix, however, not all. The addition of a prefix to the word can alter the meaning of a word. In medical terminology, the prefix is used to describe a number, time, direction, position, or negative. For example, in the medical terms such as hyperthermia and polyuria, hyper- (refers to excessive or above normal) and poly- (refers to many or much) are prefixes. A number of same prefixes used in both medical terminology as well as in the English language.

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