Verified corpus entry

dystonia

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Morphology rail

Construction: Prefix dys-, difficult, painful, or abnormal; Combining form ton/o, tension or pressure; Suffix -ia, condition; reconstructs dystonia.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    dys-

    Surface: dys

    difficult, painful, or abnormal

  2. 02C/F / Combining form

    ton/o

    Surface: ton

    tension or pressure

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -ia

    Surface: ia

    condition

dystonia

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

Reference paths

  • dys- — difficult, painful, or abnormal
  • ton/o — tension or pressure
  • -ia — condition

Provenance

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  1. Source 1

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 15 - Sensory System Terminology

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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  2. Source 2

    Download MeSH Data

    National Library of Medicine

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  3. Source 3

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 4 - Respiratory 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

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