Katie Bare Medical Vocabulary Lesson 11

Front 1

Alve-

Back 1

Combining form

hollow, cavity

Front 2

amygdal-

Back 2

Combining form

(almond) tonsil

Front 3

anthrax, anthrac

Back 3

Combining form

coal; anthrax

Front 4

aux-, -auxe, -auxis

Back 4

Combining form

grow, increase

Front 5

bacter(i)-

Back 5

Combining form

(small staff) bacterium

Front 6

bronch(i)-

Back 6

Combining form

(windpipe) bronchus

Front 7

capn-

Back 7

Combining form

(smoke) carbon dioxide

Front 8

cocc-, -coccus

Back 8

Combining form

(berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 9

coni-, koni-

Back 9

Combining form

dust

Front 10

labi-

Back 10

Combining form

lip

Front 11

larynx, laryng-

Back 11

Combining form

larynx

Front 12

paresis

Back 12

Combining form

slackening of strength, paralysis

Front 13

pharynx, pharyng-

Back 13

Combining form

(throat) pharynx

Front 14

phys-

Back 14

Combining form

air, gas

Front 15

pleur-

Back 15

Combining form

(side) pleura

Front 16

pne-

Back 16

Combining form

breathe

Front 17

pneum(at)-

Back 17

Combining form

(breath) air, gas

Front 18

pneum(on)-

Back 18

Combining form

lung

Front 19

sider-

Back 19

Combining form

iron

Front 20

spir(at)-

Back 20

Combining form

breathe

Front 21

staphyl-

Back 21

Combining form

(bunch of grapes) uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)

Front 22

stern-

Back 22

Combining form

chest, breast, breastbone

Front 23

steth-

Back 23

Combining form

chest, breast

Front 24

strept-

Back 24

Combining form

(twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

Front 25

sud(or)-

Back 25

Combining form

sweat, fluid

Front 26

thorax, thorac-

Back 26

Combining form

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 27

trach(e)-, trachy-

Back 27

Combining form

(rough) trachea