What is the main purpose of using the combining form in medical terminology?

to make a term easier to pronounce

to separate a root word from a suffix

to change the meaning of the root word in a term

to give credit to a scientist for developing a procedure

The correct answer is: to make a term easier to pronounce.

Explanation:

Medical terminology can often be very hard to pronounce. For this reason, it is common to see the usage of the combining form in order to ease the pronunciation of some terms. The combining form is used by combining vowels and it connects two root words, or a root and a suffix.

The root word is the core of the word. There's at least one root word in each medical terminology. This root word can have its meaning modified with the use of prefixes and/or suffixes, which are word parts attached to the beginning and/or the end of the word, respectively.