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**• Singular/Plural Rules (1 of 2):** - When the singular form ends with **-a**, keep the **-a** and add **-e**. - When the singular form ends with **-ax**, drop the **-x** and add **-ces**. - When the singular form ends with **-ex** or **-ix**, drop the **-ex** or **-ix** and add **-ices**. - When the singular form ends with **-is**, drop the **-is** and add **-es**. **Copyright © 2023, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.** --- **• Singular/Plural Rules (2 of 2):** - When the singular form ends with **-us**, drop the **-us** and add **-i**. - When the singular form ends with **-um**, drop the **-um** and add **-a**. - When the singular form ends with **-y**, drop the **-y** and add **-ies**. - When the singular form ends with **-x**, drop the **-x** and add **-ges**. **Copyright © 2023, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.** --- **• Building Medical Terms:** - If the suffix starts with a consonant, a combining vowel is needed to join two parts. - If the suffix starts with a vowel, a combining vowel is not needed to join parts. - If a combining form ends with the same vowel that begins a suffix, one of the vowels is dropped. - If two or more combining forms are used in a term...