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Formation of Medical Terms: Exercise 5
As a brief review, please match each of the definitions on the right with a root or suffix on the left.
Answer:
- sarc — d. a root meaning flesh
- oma — c. a suffix meaning tumor
- onco — e. a root meaning tumor, relationship to tumor
- gastr — b. a root meaning stomach
- rrhea — f. a suffix meaning flow, discharge
