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Which of the following statements regarding erythrocytes is true? A. Cyte means cancerous. B. Cyte means cell. C. Erythro means pathological. D. Erythro means white.

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The answer is B. Cyte means cell.
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In medical biology, there are some common terms which are given suffix and prefix. It gets quite easy to understand the meanings of difficult biology terms. For example, something related with cancer would start with "Carcin-", white would be related to "Leuco-". Here "Cyte" is a suffix used for cell. Here, erythrocyte means

Erythro- Meaning red color

Cytre- Meaning cell

Answer: Option B; Cyte means cell

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