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Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes

Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes. Dr. Belal Hijji, RN, PhD September 6, 2010. Learning Objectives. At the end of this lecture, students are expected to: Recognise combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes and their meanings Form plurals. Combining Forms. Combining Forms.

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Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes

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  1. Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes Dr. Belal Hijji, RN, PhD September 6, 2010

  2. Learning Objectives At the end of this lecture, students are expected to: • Recognise combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes and their meanings • Form plurals

  3. Combining Forms

  4. Combining Forms

  5. Combining Forms

  6. Formation of Plurals • Words ending in a, retain the a and add e: • Vertebra vertebrae • Bursa Bursae (sacs of fluid near a joint) • Words ending in is, drop the is and add es • Diagnosis diagnoses • Psychosis psychoses • Words ending with ex or ix, drop either and add ices • Apex apices • Cortex cortices • Words ending with on, drop on and add a • Ganglion ganglia • Words ending with um, drop the um and add a • Bacterium bacteria • Words ending with us, drop the us and add i • Bronchus bronchi

  7. Suffixes

  8. Prefixes

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