Question

match the word elements with their meanings.
prompts
1 air
2 air; lung
3 bad, painful, difficult
4 voice box
5 pus
answers
aer/o
pneum/o
select match
select match
py/o
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Explanation:

1. For "air", the corresponding word element is "aer/o" as "aer/o" means air.
2. For "air; lung", the corresponding word element is "pneum/o" as "pneum/o" relates to air and lung.
3. The prefix "dys-" means bad, painful, difficult. So the match for "bad, painful, difficult" is "dys-".
4. The word element for "voice box" is "laryng/o" (assuming common medical word elements, as "voice box" is larynx).
5. For "pus", the corresponding word element is "py/o" as "py/o" means pus.

Answer:

1. air - aer/o
2. air; lung - pneum/o
3. bad, painful, difficult - dys-
4. voice box - laryng/o
5. pus - py/o