CHAPTER Eight Keys to Building The Fundamentals 2 Medical Terms of ...

medical term. When a PrEFix joins a word rooT, it complies with key 1 to form a medical TErm. 2-7 hypertension (hahy¢-per-ten-shun¢) There are many prefixes. For example, hypertension means high blood pressure. hyper- is a prefix meaning above or more than normal. “tension” is a word root meaning force. in medicine, tension ................
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