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Infection Control and Asepsis

Question 1 • AA - S26 Introduction to Healthcare Science

Medical terminology is broken down into which components? Check all that apply.verbsroot wordsnounsprefixessuffixes

Answer
A
verbs
B
root words
C
nouns
D
prefixes
E
suffixes

Explanation

Medical terms are commonly built from a root word, which carries the main meaning, and may include a prefix before the root or a suffix after it. Verbs and nouns are parts of speech, not the standard word-building components asked for here. The correct choices are root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

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