Verified corpus entry

encephalocele

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Morphology rail

Construction: Root encephalo-, brain; Suffix -cele, hernia or protrusion; reconstructs encephalocele.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    encephalo-

    Surface: encephalo

    brain

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -cele

    Surface: cele

    hernia or protrusion

encephalocele

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

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  1. Source 1

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

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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  2. Source 2

    Download MeSH Data

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  3. Source 3

    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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