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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

Question 2

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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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
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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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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