CLASSICS 2MT3 Lecture 2: med term note 5

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 2MT3
• Professor: Stephen Russell

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Note: combining form may also be called root or stem . Dactyl/o terminations may be used synonymously with endings x-itis. Primary suffixes are called primary because they have one part. Ex. x-ia: an abnormal condition involving x. Has only 1 part can"t be converted into adjective. Derived suffixes are a combo of primary suffixes & other parts. Ex. x-os/is: an abnormal condition involving x. Has 2 parts: -os indicates abnormal condition, while -is indicates noun x-ot/ic: pt an abnormal condition involving x the adjective form of x-os/is thus, derived suffixes can be interconverted between adjective & noun.