Language Rules for Building Medical Terms

Question	Answer
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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	Created by Terri Georgopoulos over 2 years ago