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Suffix: Exercise
Identify the medical terms, by clicking the check boxes in front of them, whose suffixes have been underlined. When you are done, click "Check Answers" to check your answers.
While doing this exercise, you may use a dictionary or any other reference material if necessary.
Answer:
- prognosis
- leukemia
- cervical
- poliomyelitis
The root -emia (blood) in the word "leukemia" is actually composed of a root plus a suffix: (h)emia=blood + ia=condition. Since it will invariably appear in this format (emia), we will not subdivide it into various components in this learning module.
The prefix is underlined in hypodermic, and the root word is underlined in dysentery.
