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1
Q

quadri-

A

four

2
Q

rach/i or rachi/o

A

spine

3
Q

radi/o

A

radius; radiant energy

4
Q

rect/o

A

rectum

5
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

6
Q

retro-

A

behind; backward

7
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

8
Q

-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage

9
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

10
Q

-rrhea

A

flow; discharge

11
Q

-rrhexis

A

rupture

12
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

13
Q

salping/o

A

uterine tubes; auditory tubes

14
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula (shoulder blade)

15
Q

schis/o or schiz/o

A

split

16
Q

scler/o

A

hard

17
Q

scop/o

A

examine; view

18
Q

-scope

A

instrument used for viewing

19
Q

-scopy

A

process of visually examining

20
Q

seb/o

A

sebum

21
Q

semi-

A

half

22
Q

seps/o

A

infection

23
Q

sept/o

A

infection; septum

24
Q

som/a or somat/o

A

body

25
Q

son/o

A

sound

26
Q

-spasm

A

cramp; twitching

27
Q

spermat/o

A

spermatozoa

28
Q

spher/o

A

round

29
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

30
Q

spondyl/o

A

vertebrae (spine)

31
Q

staphyl/o

A

cluster; uvula

32
Q

-stasis

A

stopping; controlling

33
Q

stern/o

A

sternum (breast bone)

34
Q

steth/o

A

chest

35
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth

36
Q

-stomy

A

formation of an opening

37
Q

strept/o

A

twisted

38
Q

sub-

A

below; under

39
Q

super/o

A

situated above or uppermost

40
Q

super-

A

above

41
Q

supra-

A

above; beyond

42
Q

tachy-

A

fast

43
Q

tars/o

A

tarsals; edge of eyelid

44
Q

tel/e

A

distant

45
Q

ten/o or tend/o

A

tendon

46
Q

test/o

A

testes

47
Q

tetra-

A

four

48
Q

therm/o

A

heat

49
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

50
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

51
Q

thym/o

A

thymus gland

52
Q

thyr/o or thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

53
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia

54
Q

tom/o

A

to cut

55
Q

-tome

A

instrument used in cutting

56
Q

-tomy

A

incision; cutting

57
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsils

58
Q

top/o

A

place; position

59
Q

tox/o or toxic/o

A

poison

60
Q

trache/o

A

trache (windpipe)

61
Q

trans-

A

through; across

62
Q

tri-

A

three

63
Q

trich/o

A

hair

64
Q

-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

65
Q

trop/o

A

to stimulate

66
Q

troph/o or -trophy

A

nutrition

67
Q

-tropic

A

capable of stimulation

68
Q

-tropin

A

that which stimulates

69
Q

uln/o

A

ulna

70
Q

uni-

A

one

71
Q

ur/o

A

urine; unrinary tract

72
Q

ureter/o

A

ureter

73
Q

urethr/o

A

urethra

74
Q

-uria

A

urine or urination

75
Q

vas/o

A

vessel; duct; vas deferens

76
Q

ven/o

A

vein

77
Q

ventr/o

A

ventral; belly side

78
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle of brain or heart

79
Q

venul/o

A

venule

80
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebrae

81
Q

viscer/o

A

viscera

82
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

83
Q

xer/o

A

dry