The spelling of which of these medical words follows the guideline for adding the combining form to a suffix that begins with a consonant?
A) Abnormal
B) Oncology
C) Antitussive
D) Epidemic
QUESTION 2The spelling of which of these medical words follows the guideline for adding a suffix that begins with a consonant to a combining form?
A) Cardiac
B) Oncology
C) Prognosis
D) Prophylactic
QUESTION 3The spelling of which of these medical words follows the guideline for adding a suffix that begins with a vowel to a combining form?
A) Diagnosis
B) Etiology
C) Pyrogenic
D) Necrosis
QUESTION 4When building medical words, what should you do when adding two combining forms to a suffix that begins with a consonant?
A) Keep the vowel in the first combining form and drop it in the second.
B) Drop the vowel in the first combining form and keep it in the second.
C) Keep the vowels in both combining forms.
D) Drop the vowels from both combining forms.
QUESTION 5When 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 6When 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.
QUESTION 7Which of the following would most likely be found in the ancillary reports section of a patient's medical record?
A) An anesthesiology report
B) A laboratory report
C) A physical therapy report
D) A pathology report
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