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Diacritical Marks and Rules for Singular & Plural Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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Macron - over a vowel | long |
Breve u over a vowel | short |
-a Retain a and add e | pleura pleurae |
-ax Drop ax and add ces | thorax thoraces |
-en Drop en and add ina | lumen lumina |
-is Drop is and add es | diagnosis diagnoses |
-ix Drop ix and all ices | appendix appendices |
-ex Drop ex and add ices | apex apices |
-ma Retain ma and add ta | carcinoma carcinomata |
-on Drop on and add a | ganglion ganglia |
-um Drop um and add a | bacterium bacteria |
-us Drop us and add i | bronchus bronchi |
-y Drop y and add ies | deformity deformities |