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28 Cards in this Set
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Alve-
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Combining Form
Hollow, cavity |
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Alveol-
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Combining Form
Refer to alveoli of the lungs or dental alveoli |
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Amygdal-
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Combining Form
(almond) tonsil |
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Anthrax
Anthrac- |
Combining Form
Coal; anthrax |
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Aux-
-Auxe -Auxis |
Combining Form
Grow, increase *These forms of aux-, auxe-, and -auxin indicate nouns meaning increase in size, abnormal growth of a part |
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Bacter(i)-
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Combining Form
(small staff) bacterium |
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Bronch(i)-
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Combining Form
(windpipe) bronchus *words beginning with, ending with, or containing bronchi- are from bronchia, the bronchial tubes |
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Capn-
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Combining Form
(smoke) carbon dioxide |
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Cocc-
Coccus- |
Combining Form
(berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium) |
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Coni-
Koni- |
Combining Form
Dust |
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Labi-
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Combining Form
Lip |
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Larynx
Laryng- |
Combining Form
Larynx |
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Paresis
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Combining Form
Slackening of strength, paralysis |
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Pharynx
Pharyng- |
Combining Form
(throat) pharynx |
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Phys-
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Combining Form
Air, gas |
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Pleur-
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Combining Form
(side) pleura |
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Pne-
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Combining Form
Breathe |
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Pneum(at)-
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Combining Form
(breath) air, gas |
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Pneum(on)-
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Combining Form
Lung |
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Sider-
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Combining Form
Iron |
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Spir(ar)-
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Combining Form
Breathe |
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Staphyl-
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Combining Form
(bunch of grapes) uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like grapes) |
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Stern-
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Combining Form
Chest, breast, breastbone |
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Steth-
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Combining Form
Chest, breast |
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Strept-
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Combining Form
(twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains) |
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Sud(or)-
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Combining Form
Sweat, fluid |
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Thorax
Thorac- |
Combining Form
Chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax |
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Thrach(e)-
Trachy- |
Combining Form
(rough) trachea |
