Verified corpus entry
tachycardia
Reading order
Morphology rail
Construction: Prefix tachy-, fast; Root card-, heart; Suffix -ia, condition; reconstructs tachycardia.
- 01PRE / Prefix
tachy-
Surface: tachy
fast
- 02ROOT / Root
card-
Surface: card
heart
- 03SUF / Suffix
-ia
Surface: ia
condition
tachycardia
Verified entry
This primary analysis is authored in the local corpus. It is a terminology record, not medical advice.
Corpus context
Authored note
A word-part teaching record paired with bradycardia as a contrast.
Reference paths
Parts and related terms
- tachy- — fast
- card- — heart
- -ia — condition
- contrast bradycardia
Provenance
Source ledger
Source 1
Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts
National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing
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Source 2
Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
National Library of Medicine, NIH
External link to medlineplus.gov; opens in a new tab.
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