Matt Nash 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

Back 3

Combining Form
coal; anthrax

Front 4

aux-

Back 4

Combining Form
grow, increase

Front 5

bacter-

Back 5

Combining Form
(small staff) bacterium

Front 6

bronch-

Back 6

Combining Form
(windpipe) bronchus

Front 7

capn-

Back 7

Combining Form
(smoke) carbon dioxide

Front 8

cocc-

Back 8

Combining Form
(berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 9

coni-

Back 9

Combining Form
dust

Front 10

labi-

Back 10

Combining Form
lip

Front 11

larynx-

Back 11

Combining Form
larynx

Front 12

paresis

Back 12

Combining Form
slackening of strength, paralysis

Front 13

pharynx-

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-

Back 17

Combining Form
(breathe) air, gas

Front 18

pneum-

Back 18

Combining Form
lung

Front 19

sider-

Back 19

Combining Form
iron

Front 20

spir-

Back 20

Combining Form
breathe

Front 21

staphyl-

Back 21

(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-

Back 25

Combining Form
sweat, fluid

Front 26

thorax

Back 26

Combining Form
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 27

trach-

Back 27

Combining Form
(rough) trachea

Front 28

anthrac-

Back 28

Combining Form
coal; anthrax

Front 29

-auxe

Back 29

Combining Form
grow, increase

Front 30

-auxis

Back 30

Combining Form
grow, increase

Front 31

bacteri-

Back 31

Combining Form
(small staff) bacterium

Front 32

-coccus

Back 32

Combining Form
(berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium

Front 33

koni-

Back 33

Combining Form
dust

Front 34

laryng-

Back 34

Combining Form
larynx

Front 35

pharyng-

Back 35

Combining Form
(throat) pharynx

Front 36

pneumat-

Back 36

Combining Form
(breathe) air, gas

Front 37

pneumon-

Back 37

Combining Form
lung

Front 38

bronchi-

Back 38

Combining Form
(windpipe) bronchus

Front 39

spirat-

Back 39

Combining Form
breathe

Front 40

sudor-

Back 40

Combining Form
sweat, fluid

Front 41

thorac-

Back 41

Combining Form
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 42

trache-

Back 42

Combining Form
(rough) trachea

Front 43

trachy-

Back 43

Combining Form
(rough) trachea