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What makes communication with someone who speaks English as a second language particularly difficult for a community paramedic?

How many word roots are in the term electrocardiography? 

The _____ analogy illustrates that most of what actually makes up a person lies underneath their outward appearance.

Build a term that means excision of the uterus. 

Suppose that a group of researchers is interested in determining whether the prevalence of urinary tract infection is higher in women compared to men. To determine the presence of urinary tract infection, the researchers performed urine dipstick tests. Table 2 shows the sensitivity and specificity of this test in women and in men.   Table 2. Hypothetical data on the sensitivity and specificity of a urine dipstick test.     Women Men Urine dipstick test Sensitivity 88% 88% Specificity 100% 100%   Based on the information in Table 2, will there be no misclassification, nondifferential misclassification, or differential misclassification of urinary tract infection in this study? (2 points) Explain why you chose your answer (max. 3 points).  

Build a term for softening of the cartilage. 

A combining form links multiple roots to each other. 

What term is used to describe the specific features that make an organism more fit?

Improvement of symptoms with tricyclic antidepressants can be delayed up to __________ after therapy begins.

Build a term for a slow heartbeat.