The suffix -blast, as seen in erythroblast, means ________

A) "blood cell"
B) "stem cell"
C) "immature cell"
D) "lymph cell"


C
Explanation: A) There are no medical word parts that mean blood cell.
B) There are no medical word parts that mean stem cell.
C) Correct!
D) There are no medical word parts that mean lymph cell.

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