Medical Vocabulary Lesson 11 Flashcards

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

Front 28

alveol-

Back 28

Diminutive Form

refers to alveoli of the lungs or dental alveoli

Front 29

aux-, auxe-, -auxin

Back 29

Combining Form

-Indicates nouns

increase in size, abnormal growth of a part