A specialist in treating disease of the stomach and intestines is a:
A) cardiology
B) gastroenterology
C) gastroenterologist
D) cardiologist
C
Explanation: Two choices can be eliminated, as the combining form cardi/o indicates heart. The other choices utilize the combining forms for stomach, gastr/o, and intestines, enter/o. The suffix needs to be carefully examined, as -logist is one who studies, indicating a clinician, and -logy is the science or study of, indicating the field of medicine.
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