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Building Medical Words (RS)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

discharge from the nose (a)  

2.

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

3.

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

visual examination of the larynx (a)  

4.

inflammation of the larynx (a)  

5.

stricture or narrowing of the larynx (a)  

6.

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

dilation or expansion of the bronchus (a)  

7.

disease of the bronchus (a)  

8.

spasm of the bronchus (a)  

9.

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

air in the chest (pleural space) (a)  

10.

inflammation of the lungs (a)  

11.

Use pulmon/o (lung) to build words that mean:

specialist in lung (diseases) (a)  

12.

pertaining to the lung (a)  

13.

Use -pnea (breathing) to build words that mean:

difficult breathing (a)  

14.

slow breathing (a)  

15.

rapid breathing (a)  

16.

absence of breathing (a)  

17.

Build surgical words that mean:

surgical repair of the nose (a)  

18.

surgical puncture of the chest (a)  

19.

removal of a lung (a)  

20.

forming an opening (mouth) in the trachea (a)