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When building medical words, what should you do when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a combining form?
 
  A) Keep the vowel in the combining form and add the suffix.
  B) Keep the vowel in the combining form, add an o, then add the suffix.
  C) Drop the vowel in the combining form, add an o, then add the suffix.
  D) Drop the vowel in the combining form, drop the consonant in the suffix, and add the suffix.

Question 2

When building medical words, what should you do when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a combining form?
 
  A) Drop the vowel in the suffix and keep the vowel in the combining form.
  B) Keep the vowel in the suffix and drop the vowel in the combining form.
  C) Keep the vowel in the suffix and keep the vowel in the combining form.
  D) Drop the vowel in the suffix and drop the vowel in the combining form.



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Answer to Question 1

A
Explanation: A) Correct.
B) Keeping the vowel and adding an o would result in words with incorrect double vowels.
C) The vowel should be kept in the combining form; no o is necessary.
D) Neither the vowel nor the consonant should be dropped.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: A) The suffix vowel should be kept rather than the combining form vowel.
B) Correct.
C) Keeping both vowels would result in words with incorrect double vowels.
D) Dropping both vowels would result in words with no combining vowel.



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