Verified corpus entry

hypoglycemia

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Construction: Prefix hypo-, below or deficient; Combining form glyc/o, sugar; Suffix -emia, blood condition; reconstructs hypoglycemia.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    hypo-

    Surface: hypo

    below or deficient

  2. 02C/F / Combining form

    glyc/o

    Surface: glyc

    sugar

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -emia

    Surface: emia

    blood condition

hypoglycemia

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A word-part teaching record showing the dropped combining vowel.

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  1. Source 1

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

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

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  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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