SECTION 4.1

A medical term with a suffix usually describes a/an _______, a/an _______, or a/an _______.

A medical term with a suffix usually describes a/an condition, a/an action, or a/an relationship.

A unit of meaning that modifies the root in some way

AFFIX

_______ means the separation of a whole into its component parts.

Analysis means the separation of a whole into its component parts.

The root and combing vowel together

COMBINING FORM

An addition to the end of the root that doesn't change its meaning

COMBINING VOWEL

A unit of meaning attached to the front of a word

PREFIX

the core of the word's meaning

ROOT

A unit of meaning attached to the end of a word

SUFFIX

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

a condition of dust in the lungs caused by breathing super-small volcanic particles of silica

What are the three steps in analyzing a word?

-Dissect 1st step: analyze the word sturcturaly by dividing it into its basic components -Begin at the end 2nd step: After dividing the word into its basic parts, define the suffix first, the prefix second and then the roots. If there are two roots, divide each and then read them from left to right Anatomical order 3rd step: Where the body wystems are involved, the words usuallyare built in the order in which the organs occur in the body.