quadri-
four
rach/i or rachi/o
spine
radi/o
radius; radiant energy
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
retro-
behind; backward
rhin/o
nose
-rrhagia
hemorrhage
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
uterine tubes; auditory tubes
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
schis/o or schiz/o
split
scler/o
hard
scop/o
examine; view
-scope
instrument used for viewing
-scopy
process of visually examining
seb/o
sebum
semi-
half
seps/o
infection
sept/o
infection; septum
som/a or somat/o
body
son/o
sound
-spasm
cramp; twitching
spermat/o
spermatozoa
spher/o
round
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebrae (spine)
staphyl/o
cluster; uvula
-stasis
stopping; controlling
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
steth/o
chest
stomat/o
mouth
-stomy
formation of an opening
strept/o
twisted
sub-
below; under
super/o
situated above or uppermost
super-
above
supra-
above; beyond
tachy-
fast
tars/o
tarsals; edge of eyelid
tel/e
distant
ten/o or tend/o
tendon
test/o
testes
tetra-
four
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o or thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia
tom/o
to cut
-tome
instrument used in cutting
-tomy
incision; cutting
tonsill/o
tonsils
top/o
place; position
tox/o or toxic/o
poison
trache/o
trache (windpipe)
trans-
through; across
tri-
three
trich/o
hair
-tripsy
surgical crushing
trop/o
to stimulate
troph/o or -trophy
nutrition
-tropic
capable of stimulation
-tropin
that which stimulates
uln/o
ulna
uni-
one
ur/o
urine; unrinary tract
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
-uria
urine or urination
vas/o
vessel; duct; vas deferens
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
ventral; belly side
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart
venul/o
venule
vertebr/o
vertebrae
viscer/o
viscera
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dry
