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27 Cards in this Set
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alve-
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Combining form
hollow, cavity |
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amygdal-
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Combining form
[almond] tonsil |
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anthrax, (anthrac-)
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Combining form
coal; anthrax |
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aux-, (-auxe, -auxis)
|
Combining form
grow, increase |
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bacter(i)-
|
Combining form
[small staff] bacterium |
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bronch(i)-
|
Combining form
[windpipe] bronchus |
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capn-
|
Combining form
[smoke] carbon dioxide |
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cocc-, (-coccus)
|
Combining form
[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium) |
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coni-, (koni-)
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Combining form
dust |
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labi-
|
Combining form
lip |
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larynx, (laryng-)
|
Combining form
larynx |
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paresis
|
Combining form
slackening of strength, paralysis |
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pharynx, (pharyng-)
|
Combining form
[throat] pharynx |
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phys-
|
Combining form
air, gas |
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pleur-
|
Combining form
[side] pleura |
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pne-
|
Combining form
breathe |
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pneum(at)-
|
Combining form
[breath] air, gas |
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pneum(on)-
|
Combining form
lung |
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sider-
|
Combining form
iron |
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spir(at)-
|
Combining form
breathe |
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staphyl-
|
Combining form
[bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes) |
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stern-
|
Combining form
chest, breast, breastbone |
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steth-
|
Combining form
chest, breast |
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strept-
|
Combining form
[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains) |
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sud(or)-
|
Combining form
sweat, fluid |
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thorax, (thorac-)
|
Combining form
chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax |
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trach(e)-, (trachy-)
|
Combining form
[rough] trachea |