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Medical Terminology · Chapter 14

The Endocrine Term Forge

Endocrine vocabulary is not a list to memorise — it is a handful of gland roots multiplied by a handful of endings. Pick a prefix, a root and a suffix below and the term assembles itself, with the combining vowel deciding on its own whether it survives. Work the challenge prompts, and watch aden/o and crin/o hand you adenoma, adenomegaly and endocrinology without your memorising a single spelling.

Prefix optional — how much, where, which direction

Root the gland, substance or function involved

Suffix what is happening to it

Challenges solved 0 / 0Terms forged 0

The bench

Pick parts to forge a term
Combining vowelThe vowel between a root and a suffix is usually o. Keep it when the suffix starts with a consonant; drop it when the suffix starts with a vowel. Build something and watch the rule fire.
Nothing on the bench yet.
Choose at least two parts.
prefix root vowel suffix — a struck-through vowel is one the term dropped.