The first combining form in the word leukoplakia tells you that this plaque in the mouth is ________
A) bloody
B) on the tongue
C) serum-like fluid
D) white
D
Explanation: A) Hem/o- means "blood."
B) Gloss/o- means "on the tongue."
C) Ser/o- means "serum-like fluid; serum of the blood."
D) Correct!
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For each combining form below, write out its meaning and then locate a term from the chapter that uses the combining form or suffix.
1. alges/o 2. astr/o 3. centr/o 4. cerebell/o 5. cerebr/o 6. clon/o 7. concuss/o 8. dur/o 9. encephal/o 10. esthesi/o 11. gli/o 12. medull/o 13. mening/o 14. meningi/o 15. ment/o 16. myel/o 17. neur/o 18. peripher/o 19. poli/o 20. pont/o 21. radicul/o 22. thalam/o 23. thec/o 24. tom/o 25. ton/o 26. ventricul/o 27. amnes/o 28. anxi/o 29. compuls/o 30. delus/o 31. depress/o 32. electr/o 33. hallucin/o 34. klept/o 35. ment/o 36. narc/o 37. neur/o 38. obsess/o 39. ped/o 40. pharmac/o 41. phob/o 42. phren/o 43. psych/o 44. pyr/o 45. schiz/o 46. soci/o 47. somat/o 48. somn/o 49. vers/o Suffixes 50. –paresis 51. –phasia 52. –taxia 53. –iatric 54. –iatrist 55. –iatry 56. –lepsy 57. –logist 58. –mania 59. –orexia 60. –philic 61. –phoria 62. – therapy
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A/An ____________________ is a surgical connection between two hollow or tubular structures.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word