Building Medical Words (RS)

Use rhin/o (nose) to build words that mean:

discharge from the nose (a)  

inflammation of (mucous membranes of the) nose (a)  

Use laryng/o (larynx [voice box]) to build words that mean:

visual examination of the larynx (a)  

inflammation of the larynx (a)  

stricture or narrowing of the larynx (a)  

Use bronch/o or bronchi/o (bronchus) to build words that mean:

dilation or expansion of the bronchus (a)  

disease of the bronchus (a)  

spasm of the bronchus (a)  

Use pneumon/o or pneum/o (air; lung) to build words that mean:

air in the chest (pleural space) (a)  

inflammation of the lungs (a)