Break down the medical word into its word parts, and give the meaning of each word part. Then give the definition of the medical word.
Homeostasis
Definition: Describes a state of chemical and physical balance within the body
Prefix and definition: home-, “same”
Combining form and definition: home/o, “sameness, unchanging”
Suffix and definition: -stasis, “standing still”
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which symptom is diagnostic for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
1. Mental confusion 2. Personality changes 3. Problems with hearing, seeing, and smelling 4. Jerky muscle movements
Which type of error would also include medication that did not work, even if, as often is the case, it was the fault of the patient himself?
A. mechanical error B. medical error C. method error D. medication error
-ose:
a. pertaining to; full of b. formation c. picture; classification