Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0108 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-ia: Condition
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The idea
The suffix ia names a condition or state of what its root identifies.
In practice
Bradycardia is the condition of a slow heart rate.
Where people slip
Ia is a broad condition suffix and carries no sense of disease on its own.
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