The word part that means abnormal softening is "malacia." It is often used in medical terminology to describe conditions involving the softening of tissues or organs, such as "osteomalacia," which refers to the softening of bones.
The word part that means "abnormal condition" is "pathy," derived from the Greek word "pathos," which means suffering or disease. This prefix is commonly used in medical terminology to indicate a disease or disorder, such as in words like "neuropathy" (abnormal condition of the nerves) or "cardiomyopathy" (disease of the heart muscle).
Abnormal
The word "abnormal" is an adjective. It is used to describe something that deviates from what is considered typical or normal.
The general term for softening of the bones is osteomalacia. It is usually caused by a depletion in calcium or phosphorous reserves in the bone. It can cause them to become flexible and brittle. It can also be called rickets when it occurs in children. Osteoporosis is different; it involves decreased bone mass, but not softening.The word comes from the Latin 'osteo' meaning to do with bones and the Greek word 'malakia' which means softness.osteoporosis
The Greek word part that means "fear" is "phobia," derived from "phobos." For "water," the root is "hydro," from "hudor." The term for "abnormal" comes from "anomalous," which has the Greek root "anomalos," meaning uneven or irregular. Together, these roots form terms like "hydrophobia" (fear of water) and "anomalophobia" (fear of the abnormal).
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The root word "rrhea" means a flow, such as diarrhea and gonorrhea.
Recalcitrant, resistant, obtuse, stubborn.
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It means unusual or a variation from normal. "Ab" means "not", so not normal.
Par(a) - around/ beside/ beyond/ abnormal esthes - sesation/ sensitivity/ feeling/ abnormal -ia - condition/ state/ thing Condition of abnormal sensation The "a" in the prefix para is dropped for this word and the "i" in esthesi is also dropped.