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Exercise 9
You have seen the term bronchiectasis (bronch = bronchial tubes of the lung) + (-estasis = expansion, dilatation). This is a condition characterized by the chronic dilatation of the bronchi. The suffix -ectasis means dilatation; the suffix -stenosis means constriction or narrowing. Therefore, a condition opposite to bronchiectasis would be bronchostenosis — the stricture or abnormal diminution of the caliber (diameter) of the bronchi.
Select the word which is described in each of the following statements.
Answer:
- phenumonectasis
-ectasis means dilatation, expansion, inflation. See under -ectasia in your dictionary. Pneum(o) means relationship to lung, air, or to breath. - arteriostenosis
-stenosis means constriction or narrowing. Arteri(o)- means artery.
