Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Error: Using the Combining Form Before a Vowel Suffix
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The idea
Using the combining form before a vowel suffix produces a term that does not exist, because two vowels collide where one belongs.
In practice
Arthr plus itis is arthritis. Arthroitis is not a word.
Where people slip
Clinical software will not always flag this. The rule is the check.
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