Rules for Medical Terminology

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suffixes

are always used at the end of a word root

the combining vowel from the word root is retained

when adding a word part that begins with a consonant to a word root

a suffix wich begins with a vowel

is usually added directly to the word root and combining vowel is usually deleted

the combining vowel from the first word root is usually retained for pronunciation

when adding an additional word root that starts with a vowel

prefixes

are always used at the beginning of a word


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