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