Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
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The idea
Use the combining form to link one word root to another, even when the second root begins with a vowel.
In practice
Gastr slash o plus enter slash o plus logy gives gastroenterology.
Where people slip
The vowel-suffix rule does not reach this position. Different join, different rule.
Your place on the trail
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Unlocks
- 0012Error: Using the Bare Root to Link Root to Root
- 0014Building a Term from Its Parts
- 0363Building Musculoskeletal Terms
- 0446Building Cardiovascular Terms
- 0499Building Lymphatic and Immune Terms
- 0551Building Respiratory Terms
- 0623Building Digestive Terms
- 0709Building Urinary and Reproductive Terms
- 0991Capstone: One Root Across Four Units
- 0996Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
- 1000Capstone: The Whole System in One Term
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