Verified corpus entry

osteoarthritis

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Root osteo-, bone; Root arthr-, joint; Suffix -itis, inflammation; reconstructs osteoarthritis.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    osteo-

    Surface: osteo

    bone

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    arthr-

    Surface: arthr

    joint

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -itis

    Surface: itis

    inflammation

osteoarthritis

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

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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