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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Common Medical Root Words

Question 8 • KISD - Medical Terminology - BL (OLBDA-3WOBY)

The suffix scopy means to look at. Which medical term means to look inside the lung’s air passages?

Answer
A
carcinoscopy
B
bronchioscopy
C
cardioscopy
D
cytoscopy

Explanation

The combining form bronch/o refers to the bronchi, the lung’s air passages, and the suffix -scopy means looking or examining. Therefore, bronchioscopy means looking inside the lung’s air passages; carcinoscopy concerns cancer, and cardioscopy concerns the heart.

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