Verified corpus entry

pneumonia

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Combining form pneumon/o, lung or air; Suffix -ia, condition; reconstructs pneumonia.

  1. 01C/F / Combining form

    pneumon/o

    Surface: pneumon

    lung or air

    Combining vowel o is dropped before the next part.

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -ia

    Surface: ia

    condition

pneumonia

Verified entry

This primary analysis is authored in the local corpus. It is a terminology record, not medical advice.

Corpus context

Authored note

NLM MeSH descriptor D011014 verifies this medical headword; the word-part analysis uses existing source-backed parts.

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Provenance

Source ledger

  1. Source 1

    Download MeSH Data

    National Library of Medicine

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  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.

  3. Source 3

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 4 - Respiratory System Terminology

    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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