Medical Vocabulary Lesson 10

Front 1

AMYL-

Back 1

combining form
starch

Front 2

ANGIN-

Back 2

combining form
choking pain, angina pectoris

Front 3

AORT-

Back 3

combining form
aorta

Front 4

ARCT(AT)-

Back 4

combining form
compress

Front 5

ATHER-

Back 5

combining form
(soup) fatty deposit

Front 6

ATRI-

Back 6

combining form
(entrance hall) atrium

Front 7

BOL-

Back 7

combining form
a throwing

Front 8

CAPILL-

Back 8

combining form
(hair) capillary

Front 9

CIRS-

Back 9

combining form
dilated and twisted vein, varix

Front 10

-CLUD-, -CLUS-

Back 10

combining form
close

Front 11

COR-, CORD-

Back 11

combining form
heart

Front 12

CORON-

Back 12

combining form
crown

Front 13

CUSP, -CUSPID

Back 13

combining form
point

Front 14

DEXTR-

Back 14

combining form
right (side)

Front 15

-FORM

Back 15

combining form
shape

Front 16

GURGIT-, GURGITAT-

Back 16

combining form
flood, flow

Front 17

PECTOR-

Back 17

combining form
breast, chest

Front 18

PHLEB-

Back 18

combining form
vein

Front 19

PULM(ON)-

Back 19

combining form
lung, pulmonary artery

Front 20

RHYTHM-

Back 20

combining form
(steady motion) heartbeat

Front 21

SEPT-

Back 21

combining form
wall, partition

Front 22

SIN-, SINUS-

Back 22

combining form
(curve, hollow) sinus

Front 23

SINISTR-

Back 23

combining form
left (side)

Front 24

SPHYGM-

Back 24

combining form
pulse

Front 25

STAL-, STOL-

Back 25

combining form
send, contraction

Front 26

TENS(I)-

Back 26

combining form
stretch

Front 27

THROMB-

Back 27

combining form
blood clot

Front 28

TOP-

Back 28

combining form
place

Front 29

VAG-

Back 29

combining form
(wandering) the vagus nerve

Front 30

VARIC-, VARIX-

Back 30

combining form
dilated and twisted vein

Front 31

VAS-

Back 31

combining form
(blood) vessel; vas deferens

Front 32

VEN-

Back 32

combining form
vein

Front 33

VENTR-

Back 33

combining form
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity