Verified corpus entry

cardiomyocyte

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Root cardio-, heart; Root myo-, muscle; Suffix -cyte, cell; reconstructs cardiomyocyte.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    cardio-

    Surface: cardio

    heart

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    myo-

    Surface: myo

    muscle

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -cyte

    Surface: cyte

    cell

cardiomyocyte

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Source-backed word-part analysis promoted from candidate:cardiomyocyte.

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  1. Source 1

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 9 - Cardiovascular 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

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

    External link to medlineplus.gov; opens in a new tab.

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