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break follow words into component parts and provide complete definitions.   example: Cardiomyopathy: cardi/o/my/o/pathy - A disease...

  1. break follow words into component parts and provide complete definitions.   example: Cardiomyopathy: cardi/o/my/o/pathy - A disease state of the heart muscle.   Hypoglycemia: hypo/glyc/emia - A blood condition with low levels of blood glucose (sugar)
  2. I'm not sure all words can be a break. just find  20 medical terms. at least 15 of the terms include at least 3 word parts such as: 2 roots with a suffix and/or a prefix (e.g. Cardiomyopathy) or a prefix, a root, and a suffix (e.g. hypoglycemia).

cardiovascular

multivariable

Myocardial

genetic

hypercholesterolemia

vascular

physical

intermediate

substantiated

modifiable

diagnosis

biological

angina

representative

socioeconomic

hemoglobin

plasma

diabetes

hemoglobin

antihypertensive

polytomous

logistic

nonpregnant

inadequate

nonpregnant

nonlaboratory

algorithm

chronological

prevalences

interaction

inadequate

non-Hispanic

Cardiology

sectional

accuracy

hypertension

cardiovascular

bias

polygenic

pediatric

Epidemiol

urine

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Answer #1

1. Hypercholesterolemia- hyper/chol/ester/o/lemia- An excess of cholesterol in the blood

2. Leukemia- leuk/emia- Leukaemia is cancer of blood-forming tissues, including bone marrow.

3. Hyperglycemia- hyper/glyc/emia- A blood condition with high levels of blood glucose

4. Hepatitis- Hepa/titis- a disease characterized by inflammation of the liver

5. Pancreatitis- pancreat/it - inflammation of the pancreas.

6. Galactocele- galact/o/cele- A galactocele is a retention cyst containing milk or a milky substance that is usually located in the mammary glands

7. Galactorrhea- galact/o/rrhea- a milky nipple discharge unrelated to the normal milk production of breast-feeding

8. Gastroenteritis- gastro/o/enter/o/it is- An intestinal infection marked by diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and fever.

9. Glaucoma- glauc/o/oma- is a disease that damages your eye's optic nerve

10. Glossophobia- gloss/o/phobia- fear of speaking in general or in public

11. Menorrhagia- men/o/rrhagia- abnormal heavy bleeding during menstruation

12. Meningitis- mening/o/it is- inflammation of the meninges

13. Narcolepsy- narc/o/lepsy- condition that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness

14. Neuroblastoma- Neur/o/blastoma- A cancer that is commonly found in the adrenal glands.

15. Bronchitis- bronchi/o/it is- inflammation of the bronchial airway

16. Dacryoadenitis- dacry/o/aden/o/it is- inflammation of the lacrimal gland

17. Dermatitis- dermat/o/it is- inflammation of the skin

18. Dextrocardia- dextr/o/cardi/o/ia- is a condition in which the heart is pointed toward the right side of the chest.

19. Encephalitis- encephalo/o/it is- inflammation of the brain

20. Sarcoma- Sarc/o/oma- cancerous tumor of connective tissue

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