The combining form pleg/o- means ________

A) "dementia"
B) "paralysis"
C) "body"
D) "seizure"


B
Explanation: A) Pleg/o- does not mean dementia.
B) Correct!
C) Somat/o- means "body."
D) Convuls/o-, eclamps/o-, epilept/o-, ict/o-, and -lepsy mean "seizure."

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