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Stack #163769
medical terminology vowels
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ae | only the second letter is pronounced |
| oe | only the second letter is pronounced |
| c and g | have a hard sound example, cardiac and gastric |
| ch | sometimes pronounced with a K examples cholesterol |
| pn | the P is silent and the N is prononced, example, pneumonia |
| pn | when PN is in the middle of a word both P and N are pronounced, example, hyperpnea |
| ps | when ps is at the beginning, only the s is pronounced, example, psychology |
| when forming the final letter or letters of a word | e and es are often pronounced, examples, syncope, nares |
| when i is at the end of a word | its pronounced 'eye' example, bronchi |
| pleur(A) | singular |
| pleur(ea) | plural |
| thor(ax) | singular |
| thor(aces) | plural |
| lum(en) | singular |
| lum(ina) | plural |
| diagnos(is) | singular |
| diagnos(es) | plural |
| append(ix) | singular |
| append(ices) | plural |
| ape(x) | singular |
| ap(ices) | plural |
| carcino(ma) | singular |
| carcino(mata) | plural |
| gangli(on) | singular |
| gangli(a) | plural |
| bacteri(um) | singular |
| bacteri(a) | plural |
| bronch(us) | singular |
| bronch(i) | plural |
| deformit(y) | singular |
| deformit(ies) | plural |
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