Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0759 short lesson, about 20 seconds
radicul/o: Nerve Root
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The idea
The combining form radicul slash o names a nerve root, where a nerve leaves the spinal cord.
In practice
Radiculopathy is disease of a nerve root.
Where people slip
Radicul names the root of the nerve, not the root of a word.
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