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Mr3Hunna

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Give the three guidelines that help with the building and spelling of medical words. Give an example of each.
 
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Question 2

The medical term for blood in the urine is:
 
  A) bacteriuria
  B) hematuria
  C) glycosuria
  D) pyuria


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

1. If the suffix begins with a vowel, drop the combining vowel from the combining form and add the suffix. Gastr/o (stomach) -oma (tumor) becomes gastroma when we drop the o from gastro. 2. If the suffix begins with a consonant, keep the combining vowel and add the suffix to the combining form. Lip/o (fat) -lysis (destruction) becomes lipolysis and we keep the o on the combining form lipo.
3. Keep the combining vowel between two or more roots in a term. Electr/o (electricity) cardi/o (heart) -gram (record) becomes electrocardiogram and we keep the two combining vowels.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: The root hemat means blood and the suffix -uria means pertaining to urine or urination.


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