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

Back 3

Combining form

coal; anthrax

Front 4

anthrac-

Back 4

Combining form

coal; anthrax

Front 5

aux-

Back 5

Combining form

grow, increase

Front 6

-auxe

Back 6

Combining form

grow, increase

Front 7

-auxis

Back 7

Combining form

grow, increase

Front 8

bacter(i)-

Back 8

Combining form

[small staff] bacterium

Front 9

bronch(i)-

Back 9

Combining form

[windpipe] bronchus

Front 10

capn-

Back 10

Combining form

[smoke] carbon dioxide

Front 11

cocc-

Back 11

Combining form

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 12

-coccus

Back 12

Combining form

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

Front 13

coni-

Back 13

Combining form

dust

Front 14

koni-

Back 14

Combining form

dust

Front 15

labi-

Back 15

Combining form

lip

Front 16

larynx

Back 16

Combining form

larnyx

Front 17

laryng-

Back 17

Combining form

larynx

Front 18

paresis

Back 18

Combining form

slackening of strength, paralysis

Front 19

pharynx

Back 19

[throat] pharynx

Front 20

pharyng-

Back 20

[throat] pharynx

Front 21

phys-

Back 21

Combining form

air, gas

Front 22

pleur-

Back 22

Combining form

[side] pleura

Front 23

pne-

Back 23

Combining form

breathe

Front 24

pneum(at)-

Back 24

Combining form

[breath] air, gas

Front 25

pneum(on)-

Back 25

Combining form

lung

Front 26

sider-

Back 26

Combining form

iron

Front 27

spir(at)-

Back 27

Combining form

breathe

Front 28

staphyl-

Back 28

Combining form

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

Front 29

stern-

Back 29

Combining form

chest, breast, breastbone

Front 30

steth-

Back 30

Combining form

chest, breast

Front 31

strept-

Back 31

Combining form

[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

Front 32

sud(or)-

Back 32

Combining form

sweat, fluid

Front 33

thorax

Back 33

Combining form

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 34

thorac-

Back 34

Combining form

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

Front 35

trach(e)-

Back 35

Combining form

[rough] trachea

Front 36

trachy-

Back 36

Combining form

[rough] trachea