Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms S and T Flashcards
(139 cards)
1
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
2
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salping/o
A
fallopian tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
3
Q
-salpinx
A
fallopian tube, oviduct
4
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh (connective tissue)
5
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula, shoulder blade
6
Q
-schisis
A
to split
7
Q
schist/o
A
split, cleft
8
Q
schiz/o
A
split
9
Q
scirrh/o
A
hard
10
Q
scler/o
A
slcera (white of eye), hardening
11
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
12
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
13
Q
-scope
A
instrument for visual examination
14
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination
15
Q
scot/o
A
darkness
16
Q
seb/o
A
sebum
17
Q
sebace/o
A
sebum
18
Q
sect/o
A
to cut
19
Q
semi-
A
half
20
Q
semin/i
A
semen, seed
21
Q
seps/o, septic/o
A
infection
22
Q
-sepsis
A
putrefaction
23
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sept/o
A
partition
24
Q
septic/o, seps/o
A
infection
25
ser/o
serum, serous
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sial/o
saliva
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
28
sider/o
iron
29
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
30
sinistr/o
left
31
sinus/o
sinus
32
-sis
state of, condition
33
skelet/o
skeleton
34
-sol
solution
35
somat/o
body
36
-some
body
37
somn/o
sleep
38
-somnia
sleep
39
son/o
sound
40
-spadia
to tear, cut
41
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
42
spectr/o
image, spectrum
43
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
44
spermat/o
spermatoza, sperm cells
45
sphen/o
wedge, sphenoid bone
46
spher/o
globe-shaped, round
47
sphygm/o
pulse
48
-sphyxia
pulse
49
spin/o
spine (backbone)
50
spir/o
to breathe
51
splen/o
spleen
52
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
53
squam/o
scale
54
-stabile
stable, fixed
55
-stalsis
contraction
56
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
57
staphyl/o
clusters, vulva
58
-stasis
to stop, control, place
59
-stat
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
60
-static
pertaining to stopping, controlling
61
steat/o
fat, sebum
62
sten/o
narrowed, constricted
63
-stenosis
tightening, stricture
64
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
65
steth/o
chest
66
-sthenia
strength
67
stigmat/o
mark, point
68
stomat/o
mouth
69
-stomia
condition of the mouth
70
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
71
strept/o
twisted chains
72
sub-
under, below
73
submaxill/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
74
super-
above, beyond
75
-suppression
to stop
76
supra-
above, upper
77
sym-
together, with
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symptom/o
occurrence
79
syn-
together, with
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synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact, to join
81
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, faint
82
synov/o
synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon
83
system/o
system
84
systol/o
contraction
85
tachy-
fast
86
tal/o
talus
87
tars/o
tarsus, hindfoot or ankle
88
tax/o
order, coordination
89
techn/o
skill, art
90
tel/o
complete
91
tele/o
distant
92
temp/o, tempor/o
period of time, the temples
93
ten/o
tendon
94
tendin/o
tendon
95
ten/o
stretched, strained
96
-tension
pressure
97
terat/o
monster, malformed fetus
98
test/o, testicul/o
testis, testicle
99
tetra-
four
100
thalam/o
thalamus
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thec/o
sheath
102
thel/o
nipple
103
therapeut/o
treatment
104
-therapy
treatment
105
therm/o
heat
106
thorac/o
chest
107
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
108
thromb/o
clot
109
thym/o
thymus gland
110
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
111
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
112
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
113
-tic
pertaining to
114
toc/o
labor, birth
115
-tocia
labor, birth (condition of)
116
-tocin
labor, birth (a substance for)
117
tom/o
to cut
118
-tome
instrument to cut
119
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
120
ton/o
tension
121
tonsill/o
tonsil
122
top/o
place, position, location
123
tox/o
poison
124
toxic/o
poison
125
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
126
trans-
across, through
127
-tresia
opening
128
tri-
three
129
trich/o
hair
130
-tripsy
to crush
131
troph/o
nourishment, development
132
-trophy
nourishment, development (condition of)
133
-tropia
to turn
134
-tropic
turning
135
-tropin
stimulate, act on
136
tub/o
tube
137
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear
138
-type
classification, picture
139
typhl/o
cecum, blindness
