Medical Vocabulary Lesson 11

Front 1

Alve-
Combining Form

Back 1

hollow, cavity

Front 2

Amygdal-
Combining Form

Back 2

[almond] tonsil

Front 3

Anthrax-, Anthrac-
Combining Form

Back 3

coal; anthrax

Front 4

Aux-, Auxe-, Auxis-
Combining Form

Back 4

grow, increase

Front 5

Bacter(i)-
Combining Form

Back 5

[small staff] bacterium

Front 6

Bronch(i)-
Combining Form

Back 6

[windpipe] bronchus

Front 7

Capn-
Combining Form

Back 7

[smoke] carbon dioxide

Front 8

Cocc-, -Coccus
Combining Form

Back 8

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 9

Coni-, Koni-
Combining Form

Back 9

dust

Front 10

Labi-
Combining Form

Back 10

lip

Front 11

Larynx-, Laryng-
Combining Form

Back 11

larynx

Front 12

Paresis
Combining Form

Back 12

slackening of strength, paralysis

Front 13

Pharynx-, Pharyng-
Combining Form

Back 13

[throat] pharynx

Front 14

Phys-
Combining Form

Back 14

air, gas

Front 15

Pleur-
Combining Form

Back 15

[side] pleura

Front 16

Pne-
Combining Form

Back 16

breathe

Front 17

Pneum(at)-
Combining Form

Back 17

[breath] air, gas

Front 18

Pneum(on)-
Combining Form

Back 18

lung

Front 19

Sider-
Combining Form

Back 19

iron

Front 20

Spir(at)-
Combining Form

Back 20

breathe

Front 21

Staphyl-
Combining Form

Back 21

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

Front 22

Stern-
Combining Form

Back 22

chest, breast, breastbone

Front 23

Steth-
Combining Form

Back 23

chest, breast

Front 24

Strept-
Combining Form

Back 24

[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

Front 25

Sud(or)-
Combining Form

Back 25

sweat, cavity

Front 26

Thorax-, Thorac-
Combining Form

Back 26

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 27

Trach(e)-, Trachy-
Combining Form

Back 27

[rough] trachea