Language Rules for Building Medical Terms

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Flashcards on Language Rules for Building Medical Terms, created by Terri Georgopoulos on 11/02/2024.
Terri Georgopoulos
Flashcards by Terri Georgopoulos, updated 10 months ago
Terri Georgopoulos
Created by Terri Georgopoulos 10 months ago
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RULE 1 Rule 1 When combining two combining forms, you keep the combining form vowel.
RULE 2 Rule 2 When combining a combining form with a suffix that begins with a consonant, you keep the combining form vowel.
RULE 3 Rule 3 When combining a combining form with a suffix that begins with a vowel, you drop the combining form vowel.
RULE 4 Rule 4 A prefix goes at the beginning of the word and no combining form vowel is used.
RULE 5 Rule 5 When defining a medical word, start with the suffix first and then work left to right stating the word parts.
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