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Stems
Stems
Certain combination of stems are hard to pronounce. This is often true when a stem ends in a consonant and the word part that is added to it also begins with a consonant. This awkwardness of pronunciation makes it necessary to insert a vowel called a combining vowel. (http://www.free-ed.net)
Certain combination of stems are hard to pronounce. This is often true when a stem ends in a consonant and the word part that is added to it also begins with a consonant. This awkwardness of pronunciation makes it necessary to insert a vowel called a combining vowel. (http://www.free-ed.net)
Medical terms
Medical terms can be broken down into word parts. The three word parts that you will be concerned with are the prefix, the stem (root), and the suffix.
The stem is the part of the word which gives the basic meaning to the term.
The part of the word which comes before the stem and modifies or augments the meaning of the stem is called the prefix.
The part of the word which comes after the stem and modifies or augments the meaning of the root word is called the suffix.(http://www.free-ed.net)