Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0862 short lesson, about 20 seconds
calc/o: Calcium
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The idea
The combining form calc slash o names calcium.
In practice
Hypercalcemia is an excess of calcium in the blood.
Where people slip
The parathyroid glands govern calcium, which is why the two terms appear together.
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