When You Combine Word Parts to Build a Medical Word

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Essay

When you combine word parts to build a medical word, if the ________ begins with a vowel, delete the combining vowel on the combining form.

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Definitions:

Plasticity

A characteristic of development refers to malleability or openness to change in response to experience.

Cataracts

A medical condition where the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, leading to blurred vision and, eventually, blindness if untreated.

Artificial Lens

A synthetic lens implanted in the eye to replace or augment the eye's natural lens often used to correct vision impairments.

Laser Technology

The use and application of lasers, which are devices that emit light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.