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| quadri- |
four |
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| rachi/o |
spinal column; vertebrae |
| radi/o |
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| radicul/o |
nerve root |
| re- |
back; again; backward |
| rect/o |
rectum |
| ren/o |
kidney |
| reticul/o |
network |
| retin/o |
retina |
| retro- |
behind; back; backward |
| rhabdomy/o |
striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o |
watery flow |
| rhin/o |
nose |
| rhytid/o |
wrinkle |
| roentgen/o |
x-rays |
| -rrhage |
bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhagia |
bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy |
suture |
| -rrhea |
flow; discharge |
| -rrhexis |
rupture |
| rrhythm/o |
rhythm |
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Term
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Meaning
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| sacr/o |
sacrum |
| salping/o |
fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube |
| -salpinx |
fallopian tube; oviduct |
| sarc/o |
flesh (connective tissue) |
| scapul/o |
scapula; shoulder blade |
| -schisis |
to split |
| schiz/o |
split |
| scint/i |
spark |
| scirrh/o |
hard |
| scler/o |
sclera (white of eye) |
| -sclerosis |
hardening |
| scoli/o |
crooked; bent |
| -scope |
instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy |
visual examination |
| scot/o |
darkness |
| seb/o |
sebum |
| sebace/o |
sebum |
| sect/o |
to cut |
| semi- |
half |
| semin/i |
semen; seed |
| seps/o |
infection |
| sial/o |
saliva |
| sialaden/o |
salivary gland |
| sider/o |
iron |
| sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon |
| silic/o |
glass |
| sinus/o |
sinus |
| -sis |
state of; condition |
| -sol |
solution |
| somat/o |
body |
| -some |
body |
| somn/o |
sleep |
| -somnia |
sleep |
| son/o |
sound |
| -spadia |
to tear; cut |
| -spasm |
sudden contraction of muscles |
| sperm/o |
spermatozoa; sperm cells |
| spermat/o |
spermatozoa; sperm cells |
| sphen/o |
wedge; sphenoid bone |
| spher/o |
globe-shaped; round |
| sphygm/o |
pulse |
| -sphyxia |
pulse |
| splanchn/o |
viscera (internal organs) |
| spin/o |
spine (backbone) |
| spir/o |
to breathe |
| splen/o |
spleen |
| spondyl/o |
vertebra (backbone) |
| squam/o |
scale |
| -stalsis |
contraction |
| staped/o |
stapes (middle ear bone) |
| staphyl/o |
clusters; uvula |
| -stasis |
to stop; control; place |
| -static |
pertaining to stopping; controlling |
| steat/o |
fat; sebum |
| -stenosis |
tightening; stricture |
| ster/o |
solid structure; steroid |
| stere/o |
solid; three-dimensional |
| stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o |
chest |
| -sthenia |
strength |
| -stitial |
to set; pertaining to standing or positioned |
| stomat/o |
mouth |
| -stomia |
condition of the mouth |
| -stomy |
new opening (to form a mouth) |
| strept/o |
twisted chains |
| styl/o |
pole or stake |
| sub- |
under; below |
| submaxill/o |
mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| -suppression |
to stop |
| supra- |
above; upper |
| sym- |
together; with |
| syn- |
together; with |
| syncop/o |
to cut off, cut short; faint |
| syndesm/o |
ligament |
| synov/o |
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| syring/o |
tube |
