More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes S Flashcards
(47 cards)
1
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Sacchar/o
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Sugar/sweet
2
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Saccul/o
A
Saccule of inner ear
3
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Sacr/o
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Sacrum (wedge shaped vertebra at the lower end of the spine)
4
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Sanguin/o
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Blood/bloody
5
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Sapr/o
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Decay/decayed matter
6
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Sarc/o
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Flesh/connective tissue
7
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Scat/o
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Faeces/faecal matter
8
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-schisis
Schist/o
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Cleaving/splitting/parting
9
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Schistosom/o
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Parasitic worm of Genus Schistosoma
10
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Scint/i
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Scintillation/spark/flash of light
11
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Scirrh/o
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Hard
12
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Scot/o
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Darkness/scotoma (partial alteration in vision)
13
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Scotom/o
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Blind spot/scotoma
14
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Seb/o
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Sebum/sebaceous gland
15
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-sepsis
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Infection
16
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Septic/o
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Sepsis/infection/putrefaction
17
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Sequestr-
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Sequestrum, a portion of dead bone
18
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Sialaden/o
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Salivary glands
19
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Sider/o
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Iron
20
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-sitia
A
Condition of appetite for food
21
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Sit/o
A
Food
22
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Somatic/o
Somat/o
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Body
23
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Somn/i/o
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Sleep
24
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Son/o
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Ultrasound
25
-spadia(s)
Condition of drawing out/cleft or rent of the male urethra
26
Span/o
Scanty or scarce
27
Sphen/o
Sphenoid bone/wedge shaped
28
Sphygm/o
Pulse
29
-sphyx-
Pulsing
30
Spir/o
To breathe
31
Squam/o
Scale/scale like
32
-stalsis
Contraction
33
Stapedi/o
Stirrup/stapes
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Staphyl/o
A grape like cluster/the uvula (teardrop shaped piece of soft tissue that hangs down your throat)
35
-stat
Agent or device that changes, regulates or stops something
36
Sterc/o
Faeces
37
Ster/e/o
Solid/three-dimensional
38
Steth/o
Chest/breast
39
-sthenia
Condition of strength/full power
40
Striat/o
Mark/stripe
41
Styl/o
Stake/styloid process (of temporal bone)
42
Sub-
Beneath/under
43
Sud/or/i
Sweat/perspiration
44
Syndesm/o
Ligament/connective tissue
45
Syndrom/o
Running together
46
-synechia
Condition of synechia/adhering together
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Syring/o
Tube/cavity
