Rules for spelling
Suffixes start
with a vowel:
Don’t
need a combining vowel.
Suffixes start with consonant:
Need
to add a combining vowel
If two or more word roots used in a term:
A combing vowel is used regardless of what word root starts with.
Hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
Hyster
=
Salping
=
Oophor
=
ectomy
=
uterus
Fallopian tube
ovary
Excision or removal
Combine two or more word roots in logical order
