Talk:List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes

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List defines "neo-" as "new" - I thing "young" would be better, as nova means new.( As in Novascotia.)81.141.26.118 (talk) 14:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Removal of (o)'s from entries
I would prefer to see the (o) removed from many of the roots, as the O is used more for connecting root parts together and isn't usually part of the root itself. --98.203.241.55 (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * But the (o) is part of the root indeed, just a variation of the root for combining to affixes that don't end with a vowel. Some roots (e.g., bil/i or chol/e, both meaning "bile") don't combine to affixes with an "o."
 * If you're suggesting that we remove only the (o)s, and not the outliers, then it will just cause confusion as to which vowel to use to combine most of the roots to a vowel-less affix. Lilglocky (talk) 19:57, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Sortable lists
I understand that it is possible to make the lists sortable in every column. This would be helpful, but I haven't the time to figure out how to do it right now. Boleroinferno (talk) 18:07, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Question About a Word Root
Ptero- also means "wing" (i.e., besides pterygo-), but does that apply to medical language? Cbsteffen (talk) 16:11, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Title Revision
The title is longer than it needs to be. We could simplify it by naming it "List of medical roots and affixes." Lilglocky (talk) 19:37, 12 July 2023 (UTC)