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No, not all medical words have a prefix.
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No; a word may not need a prefix. Note: A word root cannot stand alone and must include a suffix to complete the term.
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11y ago

No, but a root word cannot stand alone, therefore, a suffix must be added to complete the term. A prefix is not always necessary.

But what about Femur? Vein? Syncope?

What is the suffix to those?

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12y ago

No; it needs a word root because the word root indicates the part of the body involved.

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No. Medical terms like heart, femur, and os don't have prefixes or suffixes.

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11y ago

No, not every medical term has a suffix.
I'd say yes. Even the word Medical has the suffix -ical whic means "pertaining to."

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Yes it's true. They are used for clarification of such medical terminology. However, sometimes more than one prefix describes the same term.

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