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Suffixes: Adjective, Noun, Diminutive, Singular, Plural

Suffixes: Adjective, Noun, Diminutive, Singular, Plural. Medical Terminology Chapter 3. Student Objectives. Define diminutive suffixes. Define adjective suffixes. Define noun suffixes. Define the rules for changing singular words to plural words. Adjective Suffixes. -ac cardi/ac

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Suffixes: Adjective, Noun, Diminutive, Singular, Plural

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  1. Suffixes: Adjective, Noun, Diminutive, Singular, Plural Medical Terminology Chapter 3

  2. Student Objectives • Define diminutive suffixes. • Define adjective suffixes. • Define noun suffixes. • Define the rules for changing singular words to plural words.

  3. Adjective Suffixes • -ac cardi/ac • -al neur/al • -ar muscul/ar • -ary saliv/ary • -eal mening/eal

  4. Noun Suffixes • -ia pneumonia • -ism condition alcoholism • -y urologist • -iatrics, -iatry treatment, pediatrics medicine podiatry • -ist specialist urologist

  5. Diminutive Suffixes • -icle particle • -ole arteriole • -ula macula • -ule venule

  6. Plural Suffixes • pleura pleurae • thorax thoraces • lumen lumina • diagnosis diagnoses • appendix appendices

  7. Plural Suffixes • ganglion ganglia • bacterium bacteria • bronchus bronchi • deformity deformities • carcinoma carcinomata

  8. End of Lesson Three

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