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Suffixes (PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH SCIEN…
- Suffixes usually indicate which of the following? (20 Points)
the body part involved
the procedure, disorder, condition, or disease
number, location, time
all of the above
- A combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a
. (20 Points)
vowel
capital letter
consonant
verb
- When two word roots are joined, a combining vowel is never used between the two word roots. (20 Points)
True
False
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the body part involved
the procedure, disorder, condition, or disease
number, location, time
all of the above
vowel
capital letter
consonant
verb
True
False
Ask by Bartlett Cruz. in the United States
Mar 28,2025
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- All of the above
- Consonant
- False
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Suffixes act like little signposts in the medical world, guiding us to understand what is going on! They tell us if we’re dealing with a procedure, condition, or a specific body part. For example, in ‘hemorrhage,’ the suffix ‘-hage’ indicates a bursting, signaling something serious – like a bleeding disorder that requires attention.
When you’re combining word roots in medical terminology, it’s vital to remember that a combining vowel, often ‘o’, pops in between two roots if the second root begins with a consonant, not a vowel. So, if you’re joining ‘gastr’ (stomach) and ‘enter’ (intestine), you will get ‘gastroenteritis,’ adding that ‘o’ to smoothly bridge the two worlds of the stomach and intestines!

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