Medical Vocabulary Lesson 11 From Medical Terminology

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 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, throax

Front 27

TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-

Back 27

combining form

[rough] trachea