Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
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Use the combining form to link one word root to another, even when the second root begins with a vowel.
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Gastr slash o plus enter slash o plus logy gives gastroenterology.
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The vowel-suffix rule does not reach this position. Different join, different rule.
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- 0012 Error: Using the Bare Root to Link Root to Root
- 0014 Building a Term from Its Parts
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- 0499 Building Lymphatic and Immune Terms
- 0551 Building Respiratory Terms
- 0623 Building Digestive Terms
- 0709 Building Urinary and Reproductive Terms
- 0991 Capstone: One Root Across Four Units
- 0996 Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
- 1000 Capstone: The Whole System in One Term