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Identify the roles of the four types of word parts used in forming medical terms. Use your knowledge of word parts to analyze unfamiliar medical terms. Describe the steps in locating a term in a medical dictionary. Define the commonly used word roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes introduced in this chapter.
In this MedlinePlus Understanding Medical Words reference we have: Word Roots for Body Parts. Word Roots for Head Parts. Heart and Circulatory Terms. Internal Organs. Beginnings and Endings. Medical Words and Meanings.
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in your blood. used for describing something that is a very important part of you and seems natural to you, for example because it is traditional in your family or culture. Trilok has music in his blood. `I was born into a family of musicians.'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.
in your blood. COMMON If something is in your blood, it is a very important part of you and seems natural to you, for example because it is traditional in your family or culture. Trilok has music in his blood. `I was born into a family of musicians.'. The sea was in his blood — his father had been a marine. See also: blood.
Most medical terms contain at least one root, and they may also contain one or more prefixes or suffixes. This handout will describe how word parts create meaning to provide a strategy for decoding medical terminology and unfamiliar words in the English language.
A trait or liking that is deeply ingrained in someone's personality and unlikely to change is in their blood. A similar idiom is 'in his DNA.'. Country: International English | Subject Area: Body and bodily functions | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Judy Gillispie.
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