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Construction: Prefix hypo-, below or deficient; Combining form glyc/o, sugar; Suffix -emia, blood condition; reconstructs hypoglycemia.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    hypo-

    Surface: hypo

    below or deficient

  2. 02C/F / Combining form

    glyc/o

    Surface: glyc

    sugar

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -emia

    Surface: emia

    blood condition

hypoglycemia

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Prefixes12Begin or qualify a construction.Roots94Carry the central lexical meaning.Suffixes35Close or classify a construction.Combining forms22Join a root with a combining vowel.