In medical terminology, what is the primary function of a combining vowel (most often the letter "o")?
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English & Language Skills for Healthcare · Core Topics
Medical and Scientific Reading Vocabulary
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Which prefix-and-meaning pair is stated correctly?
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Which suffix indicates the surgical removal or excision of a body structure?
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The root hepat- (liver) keeps a combining vowel in hepatomegaly but loses it in hepatitis. Which rule of word building accounts for the difference?
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Which comparison of the surgical suffixes -otomy, -ostomy, and -ectomy is accurate?
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