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27 Cards in this Set
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alve-
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combining form
hollow cavity ex: alveus |
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amygdal-
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combining form
(almond) tonsil ex: amygdaline |
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anthrax, anthrac-
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combining form
coal; anthrax ex: anthracoid |
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aux-, -auxe-, -auxis
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combining form
grow, increase ex: auxin |
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bacter(i)-
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combining form
(small staff) bacterium ex: bacteria |
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bronch(i)-
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combining form
(windpipe) bronchus ex: bronchial |
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capn-
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combining form
(smoke) carbon dioxide ex: hypocapnia |
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cocc-, -coccus
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combining form
(berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium) ex: streptococcus |
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coni-, koni-
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combining form
dust ex: coniofibrosis |
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labi-
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combining form
lip ex: labionasal |
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larynx, laryng-
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combining form
larynx ex: laryngitis |
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paresis
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combining form
slackening of strength, paralysis ex: vasoparesis |
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pharynx, pharyng-
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combining form
(throat) pharynx ex: pharyngeal |
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phys-
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combining form
air, gas ex: physometra |
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pleur-
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combining form
(side) pleura ex: pleuritis |
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pne-
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combining form
breathe ex: apnea |
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pneum(at)-
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combining form
(breath) air, gas ex: pneumarthrosis |
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pneum(on)-
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combining form
lung ex: pneumonia |
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sider-
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combining form
iron ex: siderocyte |
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spir(at)-
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combining form
breathe ex: aspirator |
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staphyl-
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combining form
(bunch of grapes) uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes) ex: staphyloderma |
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stern-
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combining form
chest, breast, breastbone ex: sternocostal |
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steth-
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combining form
chest, breast ex: stethoscope |
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strept-
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combining form
(twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains) ex: strepticemia |
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sud(or)-
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combining form
sweat, fluid ex: transudate |
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thorax, thorac
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combining form
chest cavity, pleural cavity, throax ex: pneumothorax |
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trach(e)-, trachy-
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combining form
(rough) trachea ex: tracheostomy |
