lesson 11: bases

alve-

hallow, cavity

amygdal-

[almond] tonsil

anthrax, anthrac-

coal; anthrax

aux-, auxe-, -auxis

grow, increase

bacter(i)-

[small staff] bacterium

bronch(i)-

bronchus

capn-

carbon dioxide

cocc-, -coccus

[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)

coni-, koni-

dust

labi-

lip

larynx-, laryng-

larynx

paresis-

slacking of strength, paralysis

pharynx, pharyng-

pharynx

phys-

air, gas

pleur-

pleura

pne-

breathe

pneum(at)-

air, gas

pneum(on)-

lung

sider-

iron

spir(at)-

breathe

staphyl-

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

stern-

chest, breast, breastbone

steth-

chest, breast

strept-

Streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

sud(or)-

sweat, fluid

thorax, thorac-

chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

trach(e)-, trachy-

trachea

eurys-

wide