LOGY
Means study of
GRAPHY
Process of recording
OMA
Tumor
MEGALY
Enlargement of
ITIS
Inflammation of
When do we not use the combining vowel “O”
When the suffix starts with a vowel ex. ITIS. Hepatitis vs Cardiology
IC
Belongs to (pertaining)
For a word that has two root words (GASTRO/ENTERO/LOGY) how do we know what root word to put first
Written in the same order as there found in the body ex. GASTROENTEROLOGY you enter stomach first then intestines