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}1) Derivation
} a) Prefix: hypodermalis (=below)
} b) Suffix: carditis (inflammation)
} c) Prefix + suffix: cardiologia (=heart; study of sth)
a)
}2) Compounding: acrodermatitis (=extremity; skin)
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}3) Derivation + compounding: acrodermatitis (=see above + inflammation)
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}4) Abreviating: CT (=computed tomography)
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}5) Borrowing: shock; stress; missed abortion; bypass; drainage

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} ROOT SUFFIX     PREFIX     ROOT
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}ROOT 1        PREFIX SUFFIX C. VOWEL            SUFFIX
} ROOT 2 ROOT 3 ROOT 1       ROOT 2

}cardiomyopathia
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}megalocardia
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}endocardium
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}pericarditis
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= imaginary slices/cuts used to divide the body in a particular angle and direction
In Latin with suffix – alis
lateralis
cranialis
medialis
dorsalis etc.
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