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Identify if they have a root, suffix, or prefix; write the meaning of each of those; and define the medical term.

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â?¢Identify if the following have a root, suffix, or prefix; write the meaning of each; and define the medical term:
â?¦Cardiomyopathy
â?¦Gastroparesis
â?¦Hematoma (Hint: State the literal meaning of this word you will get by correctly analyzing the root, prefix, or suffix)
â?¦Arteriosclerosis
â?¦Cystoscopy

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I would probably go with the anatomical word as the root and then the modifier as either the prefix or the suffix. Although this is somewhat relative.

Cardio- heart- (root)
myo-muscle
pathy-disease
cardiomyopathy- disease of the muscle ...

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