Verified corpus entry

aphasia

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Prefix a-, without or lacking; Combining form phas/o, speech; Suffix -ia, condition; reconstructs aphasia.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    a-

    Surface: a

    without or lacking

  2. 02C/F / Combining form

    phas/o

    Surface: phas

    speech

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -ia

    Surface: ia

    condition

aphasia

Verified entry

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Corpus context

Authored note

A source-cited word-part teaching record for aphasia.

Reference paths

  • a- — without or lacking
  • phas/o — speech
  • -ia — condition

Provenance

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  1. Source 1

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 16 - Nervous System Terminology

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

  2. Source 2

    Download MeSH Data

    National Library of Medicine

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  3. Source 3

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 6 - Male Reproductive System Terminology

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

  4. Source 4

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

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