Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0709 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Building Urinary and Reproductive Terms
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The idea
Building a term in this unit means selecting the combining form, then the suffix, then applying the joining rules.
In practice
Four builds, each join named.
Where people slip
Builds one and three both take vowel suffixes, so neither shows a combining vowel. Build four does.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- 0008Rule: A Combining Form Links a Consonant Suffix
- 0009Rule: A Word Root Links a Vowel Suffix
- 0011Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
- 0662nephr/o: Kidney
- 0668cyst/o: Bladder
- 0686oophor/o: Ovary
- 0689hyster/o: Uterus
- 0695mamm/o: Breast
- 0062-itis: Inflammation
- 0088-ectomy: Excision
- 0097-graphy: Process of Recording
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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