A 5-year-old boy comes to the office with his mother. He is wheezing and having difficulty breathing. The doctor believes he might have a condition of the lungs characterized by widespread narrowing of the bronchioles

The medical term for this condition is: A) sinusitis
B) emphysema
C) asthma
D) bronchogenic carcinoma


C
Explanation: Utilize deconstructing of terms to rule out other answers. Sinus/itis is inflammation of the sinuses, carcinoma is cancer, and emphysema comes from a Greek word meaning "to inflate."

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