Rules

Question 1

Usage of combing vowels

Answer 1

1. A combining vowel is used to combine a root to a root
   Ex: Hept-O-megal -y = heptomegaly
2. A combining vowel is used to join a root to a suffix ONLY if the suffix begins with a consonant
   Ex: hepat-o-logy = hepatology
3. If the suffix begins with a vowel, the combining vowel is typically omitted.
   Ex: hepat-Oma=hepatoma

Question 2

Elision rules

Answer 2

1. If a prefix ends with a vowel and the following root or suffix begins with a vowel, the final vowel of the prefix is typically omitted
   Ex: meso + enter + on = mesenteron
2. If a root ends with the same vowel that the following root or suffix begins with, the final vowel of the root is usually omitted
   Ex: peri + cardi + itis = pericarditis

Question 3

Assimilation rules

Answer 3

1. The last consonants of a prefix is a changed to the same consonant as the following root
   Ex: dis+fusate = diffusate
2. The last consonant is changed to another consonant which allows the combination to be pronounced more easily
   Ex: in+perfect = imperfect

Question 4

What is the order a word should be translated

Answer 4

Suffix, prefix, root, root