Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0009 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rule: A Word Root Links a Vowel Suffix
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The idea
Use the word root when the suffix that follows it begins with a vowel.
In practice
Gastr plus itis gives gastritis, not gastroitis.
Where people slip
This rule governs suffixes only. A join between two roots follows a different rule.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- 0010Error: Using the Combining Form Before a Vowel Suffix
- 0011Rule: A Combining Form Links Root to Root
- 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
- 0991Capstone: One Root Across Four Units
- 0996Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
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