Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0027 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Error: Treating Two Roots as Two Structures
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The idea
Assuming a Greek root and a Latin root name different structures invents an anatomy that does not exist.
In practice
Ren slash o and nephr slash o both name the kidney. There is no second organ.
Where people slip
Neither root is more correct. Which one a term uses is fixed by convention, not by rule.
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