The correct meaning of the root in the term melanoma is:
A) skin
B) black
C) white
D) red
B
Explanation: The word root is the main part of the word providing its meaning, melan. The suffix is -oma, "tumor." The root for "skin" is dermat, derm, or cutane; white is "leuk"; and red, "eryth."
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