Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0008 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rule: A Combining Form Links a Consonant Suffix
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The idea
Use the combining form when the suffix that follows it begins with a consonant.
In practice
Cardi slash o plus megaly gives cardiomegaly, an enlargement of the heart.
Where people slip
Using the bare root here gives cardimegaly, which cannot be pronounced or looked up.
Your place on the trail
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Unlocks
- 0009Rule: A Word Root Links a Vowel Suffix
- 0013Rule: Prefixes Join Without a Combining Vowel
- 0014Building a Term from Its Parts
- 0287Building Integumentary Terms From Word Parts
- 0363Building Musculoskeletal Terms
- 0446Building Cardiovascular Terms
- 0499Building Lymphatic and Immune Terms
- 0551Building Respiratory Terms
- 0623Building Digestive Terms
- 0709Building Urinary and Reproductive Terms
- 0996Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
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