ACQUIRING MEDICAL LANGUAGE CORE
WORD PARTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
REVIEW 2026
◉ Combining vowel
Answer: The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root
and suffix (usually the letter "o")
◉ Root: arthr/o
Answer: joint
◉ Root: cardi/o
Answer: heart
◉ Root: enter/o
Answer: small intestine
◉ Root: gastr/o
Answer: stomach
◉ Root: hepat/o
, Answer: liver
◉ Root: neur/o
Answer: nerve
◉ Root: hem/o or hemat/o
Answer: blood
◉ Root: my/o or muscul/o
Answer: muscle
◉ Root: angi/o or vas/o or vascul/o
Answer: vessel
◉ Root: derm/o or dermat/o or cutane/o
Answer: skin
◉ Root: pneum/o or pneumon/o or pulmon/o
Answer: lung
◉ Root: gen/o
Answer: creation, cause
WORD PARTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
REVIEW 2026
◉ Combining vowel
Answer: The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root
and suffix (usually the letter "o")
◉ Root: arthr/o
Answer: joint
◉ Root: cardi/o
Answer: heart
◉ Root: enter/o
Answer: small intestine
◉ Root: gastr/o
Answer: stomach
◉ Root: hepat/o
, Answer: liver
◉ Root: neur/o
Answer: nerve
◉ Root: hem/o or hemat/o
Answer: blood
◉ Root: my/o or muscul/o
Answer: muscle
◉ Root: angi/o or vas/o or vascul/o
Answer: vessel
◉ Root: derm/o or dermat/o or cutane/o
Answer: skin
◉ Root: pneum/o or pneumon/o or pulmon/o
Answer: lung
◉ Root: gen/o
Answer: creation, cause