| A | B |
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| Anatomy | Study and description of body structures |
| Physiology | Study of the processes and functions of the body |
| Medical Terminology | System of words used to describe the human body and its conditions |
| Word Root | Base of a medical term that indicates the core meaning of the word |
| Combining Vowel | Vowel used to link word parts together (often 'o') |
| Combining Form | Word part formed by adding a combining vowel to a word root |
| Suffix | Word ending that indicates structure, procedure, condition or disease |
| Prefix | Word part that can be added to the beginning of a term to alter its meaning |
