Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0808 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-orexia: Appetite
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The idea
The suffix orexia names appetite.
In practice
The prefix an with orexia gives anorexia, without appetite.
Where people slip
Orexia names appetite. A related suffix, phagia, names swallowing.
Your place on the trail
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