Lesson 11 Med. Vocab.

Front 1

alve- combining form

Back 1

hollow, cavity

Front 2

amygdal- combining form

Back 2

[almond] tonsil

Front 3

anthrax, anthrac- combining form

Back 3

coal; anthrax

Front 4

aux-, -auxe, -auxis combining form

Back 4

grow, increase

Front 5

bacter(i)- combining form

Back 5

[small staff] bacterium

Front 6

bronch(i)- combining form

Back 6

[windpipe] bronchus

Front 7

capn- combining form

Back 7

[smoke] carbon dioxide

Front 8

cocc-, -coccus combining form

Back 8

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 9

coni-, koni- combining form

Back 9

dust

Front 10

labi- combining form

Back 10

lip

Front 11

larynx, laryng- combining form

Back 11

larynx

Front 12

paresis combining form

Back 12

slackening of strength, paralysis

Front 13

pharynx, pharyng- combining form

Back 13

[throat] pharynx

Front 14

phys- combining form

Back 14

air, gas

Front 15

pleur- combining form

Back 15

[side] pleura

Front 16

pne- combining form

Back 16

brathe

Front 17

pneum(at)- combining form

Back 17

[breath] air, gas

Front 18

pneum(on)- combining form

Back 18

lung

Front 19

sider- combining form

Back 19

iron

Front 20

spir(at)- combining form

Back 20

breathe

Front 21

staphyl- combining form

Back 21

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

Front 22

stern- combining form

Back 22

chest, breast, brestbone

Front 23

steth- combining form

Back 23

chest, breast

Front 24

strept- combining form

Back 24

(twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

Front 25

sud(or)- combining form

Back 25

sweat, fluid

Front 26

thorax, thorac- combining form

Back 26

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 27

trach(e)-, trachy- combining form

Back 27

[rough] trachea