Medical Vocabulary For Chapter 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
[sick] 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(microorganism that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)

Front 22

sten-

Back 22

Combining form
chest, breast, breastbone

Front 23

steth-

Back 23

Combining form
chest, breast

Front 24

strept-

Back 24

Combining form
[twisted], steptococci (microorganism that form twisted chains

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