The document discusses how medical terms are formed by combining prefixes, word roots, and suffixes. It provides examples of forming terms by combining word parts to describe specific medical meanings, such as "nephropathy" for a kidney disease, "perigastrosis" for a condition around the stomach, "biostitis" for inflammation of two bones, "arthrectomy" for surgical removal of a joint, and "cardiology" for the study of the heart.

1. Forming Medical Terms
Medical Term
Word root
Prefix Suffix
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2. Apply Your Knowledge Part 2
Using various word parts, build terms for the following meanings.
Meaning Term
•Disease of the kidney. nephropathy
•Condition around the stomach.
perigastrosis
•Inflammation of two bones.
biostitis
•Surgical removal of a joint.
•Study of the heart. arthrectomy
cardiology
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