Verified corpus entry

pericarditis

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Prefix peri-, around; Root card-, heart; Suffix -itis, inflammation; reconstructs pericarditis.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    peri-

    Surface: peri

    around

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    card-

    Surface: card

    heart

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -itis

    Surface: itis

    inflammation

pericarditis

Verified entry

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Corpus context

Authored note

A word-part teaching record related to endocarditis by the shared heart root.

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Provenance

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

    External link to medlineplus.gov; opens in a new tab.

  2. Source 2

    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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