Medical Vocabulary Lesson 11

alve-

combining form

hallow, 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 (microorganisms 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