Verified corpus entry

perinephritis

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Morphology rail

Construction: Prefix peri-, around; Root nephr-, kidney; Suffix -itis, inflammation; reconstructs perinephritis.

  1. 01PRE / Prefix

    peri-

    Surface: peri

    around

  2. 02ROOT / Root

    nephr-

    Surface: nephr

    kidney

  3. 03SUF / Suffix

    -itis

    Surface: itis

    inflammation

perinephritis

Verified entry

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Corpus context

Authored note

NLM MeSH descriptor D010501 verifies this medical headword; the word-part analysis uses existing source-backed parts.

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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  2. Source 2

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