Medical Terminology Simplified

4–11 Hydr/o/therapy is the treatment of disease using.

4–12 Combining air and water to treat a disease or injury is also a form of

therapy. Aer/o/hydr/o/therapy is the treatment of disease by using

and.

4–13 Use -therapyto develop words that mean treatment with

air: //

water: //

air and water:

// //

4–14 After passing through the nasal cavity, air reaches the (2) pharynx (throat).

Label the pharynx in Figure 4–2.

4–15 From the term pharyng/o/myc/osis, determine the elements that mean

pharynx (throat): /

fungus:

abnormal condition:

4–16 Pharyng/o/myc/osis is a fungal disease of the.

4–17 The suffix -plegiameans paralysis. Pharyng/o/plegia and pharyng/o/paralysis

are terms used to describe muscle paralysis of the.

4–18 Smoking, drinking alcohol, and chewing tobacco can cause cancer (CA) of

the pharynx. Patients with pharyng/eal CA may require some type of plastic surgery.

When you see CAin a medical chart, you will know it is an abbreviation for

.

114 CHAPTER 4• Respiratory System

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

air, water

aer/o/therapy

ĕr-ō-THĔR-ă-pē

hydr/o/therapy

hī-drō-THĔR-ă-pē

aer/o/hydr/o/therapy

ĕr-ō-hī-drō-THĔR-ă-pē

pharyng/o

myc

-osis

pharynx or throat

FĂR-ĭnks

cancer

KĂN-sĕr

pharynx

FĂR-ĭnks

water