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Chloeellawright

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Several different disease processes can cause hepatomegaly, which is an ________ of the liver.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The word parts pil/o- and -ism build a medical word that means disease from a specific cause (of being) hairy.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

enlargement

Answer to Question 2

FALSE
Explanation: Pil/o- means hair but the disease hirsutism uses the combining form hirsut/o-, which means hairy.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Wow, this really help


Sarahjh

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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