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, 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

(microorganisms 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