SEER Logo

SEER Training Modules
11/27/12 - The NCI is working on updating materials.

Exercise 6

Now let's see if you can recognize the meaning of the five terms we have covered so far.

Match the terms listed on the left with the definition listed on the right by typing the appropriate letter in the input field in front of each term.

Root/Suffix

Definition

  1. inflammation of the lungs
  2. chronic dilatation of the bronchi, with fetid breath and coughing spells
  3. state of hypersensitivity to certain things
  4. gastrocele —swelling or inflation of the lung(s) due to presence of trapped air; chronic shortness of breath
  5. communicable disease caused by tubercle bacilli primarily affecting the lungs