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fnuegbu

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on: Jun 27, 2018
The medical term for persistently high blood pressure is:
 
  A) hypotension
  B) hypertension
  C) cardiomyopathy
  D) ischemia

Question 2

Select the prefix that means different.
 
  A) homo-
  B) heter-
  C) hypo-
  D) hyper-


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

B
Explanation: The prefix hyper- means excessive, abnormally high, or above; the root tens, pressure; and the suffix -ion, process. The opposite condition is hypo/tens/ion, which is deficient or low blood pressure.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: The antonym of heter- is homo-, meaning same. Hypo-, below, deficient, abnormally low, and hyper-, above, high, abnormally high, are also antonyms.


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