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Posttest: Set One

You already have learned some of the general terms associated with the cancer patient and tumor registries. For instance, you have learned that the two basic types of cancer are called carcinoma and sarcoma. Below is an analysis of the word elements of these terms.

Please indicate the correct answer by clicking one of the two radio buttons to the left of each word element.

  Word Element Root/Suffix  
A. hematuria  / 
B. osteogenic  / 
C. leukocytosis  / 
D. cytopathology  / 
E. mastitis  / 
F. cytoplasm  / 

 
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Answer:

     Word element      Type of Element
A.         ur                       a root
B.         genic                   a suffix
C.         osis                     a suffix
D.         ology                   a suffix
E.         itis                      a suffix
F.         plasm                  a root

 

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