Medical Terminology S Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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sacchar/o
A
sugar
2
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sacr/o
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sacrum
3
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
4
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sangu/i, sanguin/o
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blood
5
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sanit/a
A
health
6
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sap/o
A
soap
7
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sapr/o
A
rotten, decay
8
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sarc/o
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flesh
9
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scaph/o
A
boat-shaped
10
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scapul/o
A
scapula
11
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scat/o
A
feces
12
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scel/o, -scelia
A
leg
13
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schist/o, -schisis
A
split, cleft
14
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schiz/o
A
split, division
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scint/i
A
spark
16
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scirrh/o
A
hard
17
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scler/o
A
sclera
18
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-sclerosis
A
hardening
19
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scolec/o
A
worm
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scoli/o
A
crooked, twisted
21
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-scope
A
instrument for visual examination
22
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-scopy
A
visual examination
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scot/o
A
darkness
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scrib/o, script/o
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to write
25
seb/o
sebum
26
-sect
to cut
27
secund/i
second
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sedat/o
to calm
29
semi-
half
30
semin/i
semen
31
senil/o
old, old age
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sens/o, sensat/o
feeling, perception
33
sensor/i
sensory
34
-sepsis, septic/o
putrefaction, putrifying
35
sept-, septi-
seven
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sept/o
partition
37
ser/o
serum, serous
38
sesqui-
one and a half
39
sex-
six
40
sial/o
saliva
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sicc/o
to dry
42
sider/o
iron
43
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
silica, quartz
45
sinistr/o
left
46
sinus/o, sin/o
cavity, sinus
47
sit/o
food
48
skelet/o
skeleton
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soci/o
social, society
50
sodi/o
compound containing sodium
51
solut/o
dissolved
52
somat/o
body
53
-some
body
54
somn/i, -somnia
sleep
55
son/o
sound
56
span/o
scanty, scarce
57
-spasm, spasm/o
involuntary contraction
58
spectr/o
image, spectrum
59
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa
60
sphen/o
wedge, sphenoid bone
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spher/o
round, sphere
62
sphygm/o
pulse
63
-sphyxia
pulse
64
spin/o
spinal cord, spine
65
spir/o
breathe
66
splanchn/o
viscera
67
splen/o
spleen
68
spondyl/o
vertebrae, spinal column
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spongi/o
spongelike, spongy
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spor/o
spore, seed
71
squam/o
squamous, scales
72
-stabile
stable, fixed
73
-stalsis
contraction
74
staped/o
stapes
75
stahyl/o
uvula, grape like clusters
76
-stasis
standing still, standing
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-stat
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
78
steat/o
fat
79
-stenosis, sten/o
narrowed, constricted
80
stere/o
solid, three dimensional
81
steril/o
barren
82
stern/o
sternum
83
steth/o
chest
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sthen/o, -sthenia
strength
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stich/o, -stichia
rows
86
stigmat/o
mark, point
87
stomat/o
mouth
88
-stomy
surgical opening
89
strat/i
layer
90
strept/o
twisted, curved
91
strict/o
to tighten, bind
92
-stroma
supporting tissue of an organ
93
stroph/o
twisted
94
sub-
under, beneath
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succ/o
juice
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suct/o
to suck
97
sud/o
sweat
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sulc/o
furrow, groove
99
super-
above, beyond
100
supra-
above, beyond
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suspend/o, suspens/o
to hang up, suspend
102
sym-, syn-
with, together
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symptom/o
occurrence
104
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact, to join
105
syndesm/o
ligament, connective tissue
106
synov/o
synovia, synovial membrane
107
syphil/o
syphilis
108
syring/o
tube, fistula
109
system/o
system
110
systol/o
contraction
