Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0152 short lesson, about 20 seconds
hemi- and semi-: Half
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The idea
The prefixes hemi and semi both mean half.
In practice
Hemiplegia is paralysis of one half, meaning one side, of the body.
Where people slip
Hemi is Greek and semi is Latin. Which one a term takes is fixed by convention.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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