Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.
Medical terminology has quite regular morphology, the same prefixes and suffixes are used to add meanings to different roots.
In forming or understanding a word root, one needs a basic comprehension of the terms and the source language.
For example, if a word was to be formed to indicate a condition of kidneys, there are two primary roots – one from Greek (νεφρός nephr(os)) and one from Latin (ren(es)).
Although it is technically considered acceptable to create hybrid words, it is strongly preferred not to mix different lingual roots.
Suffixes are attached to the end of a word root to add meaning such as condition, disease process, or procedure.