Latin origin
Greek origin
Hybrids (both compound and derived terms)
⇨ usually 2-root expressions
⇨ connecting vowels: o/i/Ø
⇨ a noun/adjective/
numeral on the first place
examples:
nas-o-lacrim-alis
secund-i-grav-ida
uni-later-alis
mult-angulus
cerebr-o-spin-alis (noun)
mult-i-cellul-aris (adj.)
prim-i-para (numeral)
⇨multi-root expressions
⇨ connecting vowels: o/Ø
⇨ a noun/adjective/
numeral on the first place
examples:
thromb-o-cyt-o-penia
(3 roots)
pan-hyster-o-salping-o-oophor-ec-tom-ia (5 roots)
haemat-o-log-ia
haemat-ur-ia
tri-pleg-ia
py-ur-ia (noun)
macr-o-cephal-ia (adj.)
mon-o-pleg-ia (numeral)
haematuria x uraemia
⇨multi-root expressions
examples:
ap-pend-icitis
L    L       G
hepat-o- ren-alis
G             L    L
ovari-ec-tom-ia
L        G  G    G
cheil-o-gnath-o-palat-o-schisis
G          G           L          G

Ò Obesitas permagna
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Ò ROOT SUFFIX                      PREFIX     ROOT
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ÒSt. p. cholecystectomiam laparoscopicam
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ÒROOT 1                PREFIX ROOT 3          ROOT 1                       ROOT2
Ò       ROOT 2 SUFFIX                                                           SUFFIX
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