Which Word Parts Do You Need to Build a Medical

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Multiple Choice

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means surgical excision of the uterus?

• A) -ia, dys-, phag/o-
• B) -tomy, cholecyst/o-
• C) -ation, urin/o-
• D) -ectomy, hyster/o-

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Definitions:

Population Dispersion

The pattern of spacing among individuals within a geographic area, which can be uniform, random, or clumped.

Whooping Crane

A large North American bird species, noted for its white plumage and loud, whooping calls, currently endangered.

Emigration

The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another, moving abroad.

Cyclic

Referring to occurrences or processes that exhibit a series of repeated events or stages which happen in a predictable sequence.