Verified corpus entry

epiglottitis

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Combining form epiglott/o, epiglottis; Suffix -itis, inflammation; reconstructs epiglottitis.

  1. 01C/F / Combining form

    epiglott/o

    Surface: epiglott

    epiglottis

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -itis

    Surface: itis

    inflammation

epiglottitis

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

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  1. Source 1

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

    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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