Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0041 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Plural Rule: ex and ix Become ices
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The idea
A singular ending in e x or i x forms its plural by changing that ending to i c e s.
In practice
Apex becomes apices; appendix becomes appendices.
Where people slip
Appendixes is standard for sections of a book. Appendices is the anatomical plural.
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