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Combining forms that mean eye are ocul/o, ophthalm/o, or ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Select the medical term for a blood clot that moves along with the bloodstream and lodges in the lung.
 
  A) pleuritis
  B) pneumothorax
  C) pneumonia
  D) pulmonary embolism


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

opt/o, opto

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: An embolism is a clot. The other answers can be eliminated by deconstructing portions of the term: -itis, inflammation; pneum/o, lung; and pneumonia, condition of the lungs.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 27, 2018
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