Redness and hypertrophy of the nose with small-to-large, irregular lumps in the skin is known as ________

A) rhinophyma
B) URI
C) sinusitis
D) epistaxis


A
Explanation: A) Correct! Rhin/o- means "nose" and -phyma means "growth; tumor."
B) Upper respiratory infection (URI) may make the nose red, but there is no hypertrophy.
C) Sinusitis affects the sinuses, not the nose.
D) Epistaxis is a nosebleed, not hypertrophy of the nose.

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