Question

What is the prefix, combining form, suffix for the term "Alzheimer's Disease" ?

Answer 1

knowledge about Prefix, root word, and the suffix is important to learn many medical terminologies since most of the terminologies are coming from Greek and Latin.

A prefix is a word or a portion of a word that can combine in front of the root which can determine the meaning of the root.

The root is the core meaning of the word which has a fixed meaning.

The suffix is the word adding at the end of a root word which can direct the meaning of the root word.

Combining form is usually a vowel that makes the root word easy for pronunciation.

Alzheimer's Disease" is an eponym. The word is derived from Alois Alzheimer who was a German neurologist. The medical word which is derived from the name of a person is known as Eponym. It is a name that cannot be divided into suffix, root, and prefix. It usually represents ant disease, procedure or instrument.