Lesson 11 - Medical Terminology

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 custer together like a bunch of grapes)

Front 22

STETH-

Back 22

Combining Form
chest, breast

Front 23

STREPT-

Back 23

Combining Form
[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that for twisted chains)

Front 24

SUD(OR)-

Back 24

Combining Form
sweat, fluid

Front 25

THORAX, THORAC-

Back 25

Combining Form
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 26

TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-

Back 26

Combining Form
[rough] trachea

Front 27

Stern-

Back 27

Combining form
Chest, breast, breastbone