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- farness noun The fact or condition of being far removed or apart: distance, remoteness.
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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
AffixMeaningOrigin Language And EtymologyExample (s)a-, an-not, without ( alpha privative )Greek ἀ-/ἀν- ( a-/an- ), not, ...analgesic, apathy, anencephalyab-from; away fromLatinabduction, abdomenabdomin-of or relating to the abdomenLatin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the ...abdomen, abdominal-acpertaining to; one afflicted withGreek -ακός ( -akós )cardiac, celiacAppendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean. Here is a list of word parts. They may be at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a medical word. General Words. Body Parts and Disorders. Positions and Directions. Numbers and Amounts.
PartDefinitionacous-, acouso-hearingaden-, adeno-glandadip-, adipo-fatadren-, adreno-glandNoun. 1. farness - the property of being remote. farawayness, remoteness. distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points. far cry - distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here".
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun farness, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .
