Which of the following suffixes means "pain"?

–pathy
–phagia
–algia
–emia


–algia

Rationale: The suffix –algia means pain, -pathy means disease, -phagia means eat, and –emia means blood.

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lingual foramen incisive foramen mental foramen mandibular foramen

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For the following questions, use an ICD-9-CM code book and select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statements given

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Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis should not be based on RF test results alone.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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