The Language of Medicine
The Language of Medicine
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Author: Chabner, Davi-Ellen
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Concept introduction: A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. The medical terminologies have fixed prefixes and suffixes to define the terms, organs, surgical procedures, diseases, and many more. Glands are group of cells in an animal’s body that produces substances such as hormones for release into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

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