Prefixes-4

Question 1

Sy-
Syl-
Sym-
Syn-
Sys-

Answer 1

Similarity, likeness, resemblance, togetherness

Synalgia, synesthesia, syssarcosis

Question 2

Supra-

Answer 2

Above, excessive

Supraorbital vein

Question 3

Super-

Answer 3

In excess, above, superior

Superior vena cava

Question 4

Sub-

Answer 4

Beneath

Subcutaneous

Question 5

Stomat(o)-

Answer 5

Related to the mouth (stomatogastric)

Question 6

Stom(a)

Answer 6

Mouth

Stomatognathic system

Question 7

Stheno-

Answer 7

Strength, force, power

Question 8

Steth(o)-

Answer 8

Pertaining to the upper chest, chest, the area above the breast and under the neck (stethoscope)

Question 9

Sten(o)-

Answer 9

Narrow in shape (stenography)

Question 10

Squamos(o)-

Answer 10

Denoting as full of scales or scaly

Squamous cell

Question 11

Spondyl(o)-

Answer 11

Related to the spine, vertebra (spondylitis)

Question 12

Splen(o)-

Answer 12

Spleen (splenectomy)

Question 13

Splanchn(i)(o)-

Answer 13

Viscera, internal organs

Question 14

Sperma-
Spermo-
Spermato-

Answer 14

Semen, spermatozoa (spermatogenesis)

Question 15

Spasmo-

Answer 15

Spasm (spasmodic dysphoria)

Question 16

Somat(o)-

Somatico-

Answer 16

Bodily, body

Question 17

Sito-

Answer 17

Food, grain

Question 18

Sinus-

Answer 18

Pertaining to the sinuses

Question 19

Sinistr(o)-

Answer 19

Left, left side

Question 20

Sigmoid(o)-

Answer 20

S-shaped curvature (sigmoid colon)

Question 21

Sial(o)-

Answer 21

Salivary, salivary gland (sialagogue)

Question 22

Semi-

Answer 22

One half, partly

Question 23

Scoto-

Answer 23

Darkness (scotopic vision)

Question 24

Scoli(o)-

Answer 24

Twisted (scoliosis)

Question 25

Scler(o)-

Answer 25

Hardness (antherosclerosis)

Question 26

Schiz(o)-

Answer 26

Split or 2-sided

Question 27

Schist(o)-

Answer 27

Split, cleft

Question 28

Sarco-

Answer 28

Muscular, flesh like (sarcoma)

Question 29

Sangui-, sanguine

Answer 29

Related to blood

Question 30

Salping(o)-

Answer 30

Related to the fallopian tubes (salpingectomy)

Question 31

Tympan(o)-

Answer 31

Eardrum (tympanocentisis)

Question 32

Trich(i)-/Trichia/Tricho-

Answer 32

Related to the hair, hair-like structure (trichocyst)

Question 33

Trans-

Answer 33

Situated across or through (transfusion)

Question 34

Trachel(o)-

Answer 34

Of or pertaining to the neck (tracheloplasty)

Question 35

Trache(a)-

Answer 35

Windpipe, connects pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing passage of air (tracheotomy)

Question 36

Tox(i)- Tox(o)- Toxic(o)-

Answer 36

Toxin, poison (toxoplasmosis)

Question 37

Tort(i)-

Answer 37

Twisted (torticollis)

Question 38

Top(o)-

Answer 38

Place, topical (topical anaesthetic)

Question 39

Tono-

Answer 39

Tone, tension, pressure

Question 40

Toco-

Answer 40

Childbirth

Question 41

Thyr(o)-

Answer 41

Thyroid

Question 42

Thromb(o)-

Answer 42

Of or relating to a blood clot, clotting (thrombocytopenia)

Question 43

Thorac(i)/(o)/(ico)-

Answer 43

Pertaining to the upper chest; area above the breast and under the neck

Question 44

Therm(o)-

Answer 44

Heat

Question 45

Therap(o)-

Answer 45

Treatment (hydrotherapy)

Question 46

Thely-

Answer 46

Related to a woman, feminine (thelygenous)

Question 47

Thel(e)-, thelo-

Answer 47

Related to a nipple (thelaplasty)

Question 48

Thec-

Answer 48

Case, sheath (intrathecal)

Question 49

Tetan-

Answer 49

Rigid, tense (tetanus)

Question 50

Tachy-

Answer 50

Fast, irregularly fast (tachycardia)

Question 51

Cycl-

Answer 51

Circle, cycle

Question 52

Coron(o)-

Answer 52

Crown

Question 53

Cornu-

Answer 53

Applied to processes and parts of the body describing them like or similar to horns