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Decoding Rule: Read the Suffix First

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Decoding a medical term begins at the suffix, because the suffix names what kind of thing the term is.

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In hepatomegaly, the suffix megaly says the term names an enlargement before its location is known.

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The suffix gives the category, never the location. Location lives in the root.