Med term Q-S Flashcards
(146 cards)
1
Q
quadri-
A
four, square
2
Q
qual-
A
quality, characteristic
3
Q
quant-
A
how much
4
Q
quasi-
A
to some degree, as if
5
Q
quart-
A
fourth, four
6
Q
quer-
A
to seek, search
7
Q
quercin
A
oak
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Q
quint-
A
fifth, five
9
Q
quota-
A
how many
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Q
rachi/o
A
spinal column, vertebrae
11
Q
radi/o
A
x-ray, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
12
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
13
Q
re-
A
back, again, backward
14
Q
-receptor , -ceptor
A
receiver
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Q
rect/o
A
rectum
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Q
ren/o
A
kidney
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Q
respir/o
A
breath
18
Q
resuscit/o
A
to revive
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Q
reticul/o
A
network
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Q
retin/o
A
retina
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Q
retro-
A
behind, backward, back
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Q
rhabd/o
A
rod
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Q
rhabdomy/o
A
striated (skeletal) muscle
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Q
rhe/o
A
flow, curent, stream
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rheumat/o
watery flow
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rhin/o
nose
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rhiz/o
root
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rhod/o
red, rosy
29
rhytid/o
wrinkle
30
roentgen/o
x-rays
31
rose/o
rosy
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Rot/o , Rotat/o
turn, revolve
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-rrhage
excessive bleeding
34
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
35
-rrhaphy
suture
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
37
-rrhexis
rupture
38
rhythm/o
rhythm
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Rubr/o , Rubr/i
red
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Sacchar/o
sugar
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sacr/o
sacrum
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salping/o
fallopian tube, auditory tube (eustachian)
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-salpinx
fallopian tube, oviduct
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sangu/i
blood
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sanit/a
health
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sapr/o
rotten, decay
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sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
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scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
49
-schisis
to split
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schist/o
split, cleft
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schiz/o
spit
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sinistr/o
left
53
scint/i
spark
54
scirrh/o
hard
55
scler/o
sclera (white of eye)
56
-sclerosis
hardening
57
scolec/o
worm
58
scoli/o
crooked, bent
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
60
-scopy
visual examination
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scot/o
darkness
62
seb/o
sebum
63
sebace/o
sebum
64
sect/o
to cut
65
semi-
half
66
semin/i
semen, seed
67
-sepsis
putrefaction (process of decaying)
68
seps/o
infection
69
sept/o
partition
70
ser/o
serum, serous
71
seven
hepta, sept, septi-
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sial/o
saliva
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
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sider/o
iron
75
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
glass
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sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
state of, condition
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sit/o
food
80
six
hex, hexa, sex-
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skelet/o
skeleton
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-sol
solution
83
somat/o
body
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-some
body
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somn/o
sleep
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-somnia
sleep
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son/o
sound
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-spadia
to tear, cut
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span/o
scanty, scarce
90
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscle
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spectr/o
image, spectrum
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sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cell
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spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cell
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sphen/o
wedge, sphenoid bone
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spher/o
round
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sphygm/o
pulse
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-sphyxia
pulse
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splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs)
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spin/o
spine
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spir/o
to breathe
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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squam/o
scale
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-stalsis
contraction
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staped/o
staples (middle ear bone)
106
staphyl/o
cluster, uvula
107
-stabile
stable, fixed
108
-stalsis
contraction
109
staped/o
stapes
110
-stasis
to stop, control, place
111
-stat
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
112
-static
pertaining to stopping, controlling
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steat/o
fat, sebum
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sten/o
narrowed, constricted
115
-stenosis
tightening, structure
116
ster/o
solid structure, steroid
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stere/o
solid, 3-D
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stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
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steth/o
chest
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-sthenia
strength
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stich/o
rows
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stigmat/o
mark, point
123
-stitial
to set, pertaining to
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stomat/o
mouth
125
-stomia
condition of the mouth
126
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
127
strept/o
twisted chains
128
-stroma
supporting tissue of an organ
129
styl/o
pole or stake
130
sub-
under, below
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submaxill/o
mandible
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succ/o
juice
133
sud/o
sweat
134
super-
above, beyond
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-suppression
to stop
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supra-
above, upper
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sym-
together, with
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symptom/o
occurence
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syn-
together, within
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Synaps/o , Synapt/o
point of contact, to join
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Syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, faint
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syndesm/o
ligament
143
synov/o
synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon
144
syring/o
tube
145
system/o
system
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systol/o
contraction
