COMPOUND WORD MAY CONSIST OF TWO OR MORE WORD ROOTS

GASTR/O IS A CF

A COMBINING VOWEL IS USUALLY AN I

THE FOUR ELEMENTS USED TO FORM MEDICAL WORDS ARE WR, CF, SUFFIX, AND PREFIX

ALL MEDICAL WORDS HAVE A PREFIX

WHICH ELEMENT IS A WORD ROOT

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WORD ROOT LINKING A SUFFIX THAT BEGINS WITH A VOWEL

IN MAST/O/PEXY, THE O IS A

A CF IS USED TO LINK A SUFFIX THT BEGINS WITH A

A COMBINING FORM (CF) IS A WORD ROOT PLUS A

WHICH VOWEL IS MOST COMMONLY ATTACHED TO WORD ROOTS TO CREATE A CF

GASTROENTEROLOGIST IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPOUND WORD

WHEN DEFINING A MEDICAL WORD, FIRST DEFINE THE SUFFIX

MOST MEDICAL WORD HAVE A GREEK OR SPANISH ORGIN

ALL SUFFIXES BEGIN WITH A VOWEL

WORD ENDINGS ARE CALLED

WHICH SUFFIX MEANS INFLAMMATION

THE WORD ROOT FOR LIVER IS

IN THE WORD THEROMETER, METER IS A