Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0014 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Building a Term from Its Parts
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The idea
Building a medical term means applying four joining rules: the prefix attaches directly, a root links a vowel suffix, a combining form links a consonant suffix, and a combining form links root to root.
In practice
Four builds, each join named as it is made.
Where people slip
The rules apply at each join separately. One term can use the root at one join and the combining form at the next, as gastroenterology does.
Your place on the trail
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