CLST 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stethoscope, Caudate Nucleus
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5 components (mod 2 has root, suffix, terminations) 3 rules for connecting vowels [will be posted online]: never use a connecting vowel after a prefix e. g transdermal [not: transodermal, use o between all roots, unless told otherwise [so use o rather than i unless noted] Root + c. v + root + c. v + root + . On rare occasions, c. v is not used between roots but you must follow the rules, unless told not to [chromhidosis: use connecting vowel between root and suffix / termination, . But only if suffix / termination begins with a consonant (other than h ) e. g stethoscope e. g stethectomy (don"t need, -ectomy) e. g stethhaemia (don"t need, -haemia) How to create a term from a given definition: isolate the individual elements of the definition. Inflammation of the umbilicus = inflammation & umbilicus. Pain (root) + loin (termination): lumbalgia (do we need c. v no, vowel in suffix: pertaining to (the movement) of the jaws .
