Suffixes that are added to roots or combining forms to produce a medical term that describes a symptom or sign of a disease process are labeled

A. Pathological Suffixes
B. Surgical Suffixes
C. Adjectival Suffixes
D. Diagnostic Suffixes
E. Noun Suffixes


Answer: A

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