Medical Vocab: Lesson 11

Front 1

ALVE-

Back 1

combining form

hollow, cavity

alve-us

Front 2

AMYGDAL-

Back 2

combining form

[almond] tonsil

amygdal-ine

Front 3

ANTHRAX, ANTHRAC-

Back 3

combining form

coal; anthrax

anthrac-oid

Front 4

AUX-, -AUXE, -AUXIS

Back 4

combining form

grow, increase

aux-in

Front 5

BACTER(I)

Back 5

combining form

[small staff] bacterium

bacteri-a

Front 6

BRONCH(I)-

Back 6

combining form

[windpipe] bronchus

bronchi-al

Front 7

CAPN-

Back 7

combining form

[smoke] carbon dioxide

hypo-capn-ia

Front 8

COCC-, -COCCUS

Back 8

combining form

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

strept-o-coccus

Front 9

CONI-, KONI-

Back 9

combining form

dust

coni-o-fibr-osis

Front 10

LABI-

Back 10

combining form

lip

labi-o-nas-al

Front 11

LARYNX, LARYNG-

Back 11

combining form

larynx

laryng-itis

Front 12

PARESIS

Back 12

combining form

slackening of strength, paralysis

vaso-paresis

Front 13

PHARYNX, PHARYNG-

Back 13

combining form

[throat] pharynx

pharyng-eal

Front 14

PHYS-

Back 14

combining form

air, gas

phys-o-metr-a

Front 15

PLEUR-

Back 15

combining form

[side] pleura

pleur-itis

Front 16

PNE-

Back 16

combining form

breath

a-pne-a

Front 17

PNEUM(AT)-

Back 17

combining form

[breath] air, gas

pneum-arthr-osis

Front 18

PNEUM(ON)-

Back 18

combining form

lung

pneumon-ia

Front 19

SIDER-

Back 19

combining form

iron

sider-o-cyt-e

Front 20

SPIR(AT)-

Back 20

combining form

breathe

a-spirat-or

Front 21

STAPHYL-

Back 21

combining form

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

staphyl-o-derm-a

Front 22

STERN-

Back 22

combining form

chest, breast, breast bone

stern-o-cost-al

Front 23

STETH-

Back 23

combining form

chest, breast

steth-o-scope

Front 24

STREPT-

Back 24

combining form

[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains

strept-i-cem-ia

Front 25

SUD(OR)-

Back 25

combining form

sweat, fluid

tran-sud-ate

Front 26

THORAX, THORAC-

Back 26

combining form

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

pneum-o-thorax

Front 27

TRACH(E), TRACHY-

Back 27

combining form

[rough] trachea

trache-os-tomy (??) [trache-o-stom-y] unsure

Front 28

respiration -

Back 28

the process of the inspiration (breathing or inhaling) of oxygen and expiration (breathing out or exhaling) of carbon dioxide.

Front 29

oxyhemoglobin -

Back 29

hemoglobin saturated with oxygen.

Front 30

hydrothorax -

Back 30

accumulation of fluid in the space between the visceral (inner) and parietal (Iouter) layers of the lung.

Front 31

hemothorax -

Back 31

accumulation of blood in the space between the visceral (inner) and parietal (Iouter) layers of the lung.

-caused by the rupture of small blood vessels in pulmonary disorders.

Front 32

pneumothorax -

Back 32

accumulation of air in the space between the visceral (inner) and parietal (Iouter) layers of the lung.

-caused by perforation of the pleura that allows air to enter and fill this pleural space.

Front 33

mediastinum -

Back 33

a New Latin formmation meaning in the middle, from Medieal Latin mediastanus (intermedial, from Latin mdeius (middle). This is the cavity that separates the lungs.

Front 34

diphtheria (Greek diphthera, leather) -

Back 34

a leather like false membrane composed of pus and dead cells that forms on the mucous surfaces of the air passages.

Front 35

tracheostomy or intubation -

Back 35

provides a respiratory passage when the air passages get blocked.

trachea - Greek tracheia rough artery

Front 36

emphysema (Greek, emphysema) -

Back 36

a condition that results most often from cigartette smoking or exposure to other pollutants, Swelling or inflation.

Front 37

influenza (aka grippe)

Back 37

a contagious respiratory viral infection.

Front 38

pneumonia -

Back 38

inflammmation of the lungs usually resulting form infections caused by bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms.

Front 39

penicillin (Latin, penicillum-brush) -

Back 39

drug to treat a number of ailments

Front 40

anthrax -

Back 40

a highly infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis.

Front 41

anthracosis -

Back 41

aka black lung, a disease often suffered by coal miners, has carbon deposits within the lungs due to inhalation of smoke or coal dust.

Front 42

byssinosis -

Back 42

affects those who work in cotton mills.

Front 43

silicosis -

Back 43

affects those who work in granite and sandstone industries.

Front 44

asbestos -

Back 44

affects those exposed to asbestos.

Front 45

siderosis -

Back 45

affects iron and steel workeers and welders.

Front 46

silo filler's disease -

Back 46

affects those who work in grain silos, caused by exposure to nitrogen dioxide.

Front 47

tuberculosis -

Back 47

caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects the respiratory system but can attack other body systems.

Front 48

tubercles -

Back 48

little swellings.

Front 49

consumption -

Back 49

another name for TB.

Front 50

pertussis -

Back 50

commonly known as whooping cough, caused by the bacillus Bordetella pertussis.

Front 51

sphygmos (pulse) also sphyxis used for the term -

Back 51

asphyxia - (originally lack of pulse) now means insufficient intake of oxygen.