Which Word Parts Do You Need to Build a Medical

question 165

Multiple Choice

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means a "substance (that must be secreted) before milk (can be produced) "?

• A)-ic,hypo-,thalam/o-
• B)-in,pro-,lact/o-
• C)-ism, syn-, erg/o-
• D)-ism,hyper-,thyroid/o-

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Definitions:

Random Chance

The occurrence of events without a determinable cause, often affecting genetic variations and evolutionary processes in organisms.

Natural Selection

A process in evolutionary biology where organisms with traits better adapted to the environment have higher survival rates and reproductive success, leading to the accumulation of beneficial traits in a population over generations.

Homoplasic Traits

Homoplasic traits are similar features in organisms that evolved independently, not from a common ancestor, often due to convergent evolution or parallel evolution.

Homologous Traits

Features shared by two or more species inherited from a common ancestor.