Medical Vocab, Ch. 11
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- alve-
- combining form; hollow, cavity
- amygdal-
- combining form; [almond] tonsil
- anthrax, anthrac-
- combining form; coal; anthrax
- aux-, -auxe, -auxis
- combining form; grow, increase
- bacter(i)-
- combining form; [small staff] bacterium
- bronch(i)-
- combining form; [windpipe] bronchus
- capn-
- combining form; [smoke] carbon dioxide
- cocc-, -coccus
- combining form; [berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)
- coni-, koni-
- combining form; dust
- labi-
- combining form; lip
- larynx, laryng-
- combining form; larynx
- paresis
- combining form; slackening of strength, paralysis
- pharynx, pharyng-
- combining form; [throat] pharynx
- phys-
- combining form; air, gas
- pleur-
- combining form; [side] pleura
- pne-
- combining form; breathe
- pneum(at)-
- combining form; [breath] air, gas
- pneum(on)-
- combining form; lung
- sider-
- combining form; iron
- spir(at)-
- combining form; breathe
- staphyl-
- combining form; [bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (organisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)
- stern-
- combining form; chest, breast, breastbone
- steth-
- combining form; chest, breast
- strept-
- combining form; [twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)
- sud(or)-
- combining form; sweat, fluid
- thorax, thorac-
- combining form; chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax
- trach(e)-, trachy-
- combining form; [rough] trachea