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Ch 1 Medical Terminology
U of M Phar1001
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2009

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Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-is
Definition
Plural:

-es

ex.
dianosis -> diagnoses
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings
Singular:

-um
Definition
Plural:

-a

ex.
atrium -> atria
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-us
Definition
Plural

-i

ex. alveolus -> alveoli
bronchus -> Bronchi
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-a
Definition
Plural:

-ae
(add e)
ex. vertebra -> vertebrae
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-ix
Definition
Plural:

-ices

ex. appendix -> appendices
cervix -> cervices
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-ex
Definition
plural:

-ices

ex. cortex -> cortices
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-ax
Definition
plural

-aces

ex.
Thorax -> thoraces
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-ma
Definition
plural:

s or mata

ex. sarcoma -> sarcomas or sarcomata
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-on
Definition
plural:

-a

ex.
protozoon -> protozoa
Term
Forming Plurals of Nouns with Special Endings:Singular

-nx
Definition
Plural:

-nges

ex. larynx -> larynges
palanx -> pahlanges
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