Verified corpus entry

osteomalacia

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Morphology rail

Construction: Root osteo-, bone; Suffix -malacia, softening; reconstructs osteomalacia.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    osteo-

    Surface: osteo

    bone

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -malacia

    Surface: malacia

    softening

osteomalacia

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

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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