Walker-Esbaugh Med Vocab Chapter 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 stuff) 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

uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster like 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

streptococci (microorganisms that form a twisted chain)

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