Medical Vocabulary Flashcards From 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

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