Roots Prefix Suffix Q-S Flashcards
1
Q
quadri-
A
four
2
Q
quinque-
A
five
3
Q
quint/i
A
fifth
4
Q
rachi/o
A
spine
5
Q
radi/o
A
xray, radiation
6
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
7
Q
ram/i
A
branch
8
Q
re-
A
back, again
9
Q
-receptor
A
receiver
10
Q
-ceptor
A
receiver
11
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
12
Q
reflex/o
A
to bend back
13
Q
reflect/o
A
to bend back
14
Q
registrat/o
A
recording
15
Q
relaps/o
A
to slide back
16
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
17
Q
respir/o
A
breathe, breathing
18
Q
respirat/o
A
breathe, breathing
19
Q
resuscit/o
A
revive
20
Q
reticul/o
A
netlike
21
Q
retin/o
A
retina
22
Q
retract/o
A
drawing back
23
Q
rhabd/o
A
rod
24
Q
rhabdomy/o
A
straited / skeletal muscle
25
rhe/o
flow, current, stream
26
rhin/o
nose
27
rhiz/p
root
28
rhod/o
red, rosy
29
rhytid/o
wrinkle
30
rose/o
rosy
31
rot/o
turn, revolve
32
rotat/o
turn, revolve
33
-rragia
excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
34
-rrhage
excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
35
-rrhaphy
suture
36
-rrhea
flow, discharge
37
-rrhexis
rupture
38
rrhythm/o
rhythm
39
-rubr/o
red
40
rubri/i
red
41
sacchar/o
sugar
42
sacr/o
sacrum
43
salping/o
fallopian tube
44
sangu/i
blood
45
sanguin/o
blood
46
sanit/o
health
47
sap/o
soap
48
sapr/o
rotter, decay
49
sarc/o
flesh
50
scaph/o
boat-shaped
51
scapul/o
scapula
52
scat/o
feces
53
scel/o
leg
54
-scelia
leg
55
schist/o
split, cleft
56
-schisis
split, cleft
57
schiz/o
split, division
58
scint/i
spark
59
scirrh/o
hard
60
scler/o
sclera
61
-sclerosis
hardening
62
scolec/o
worm
63
scoli/o
crooked, twisted
64
-scope
instrument for visual examiniation
65
-scopy
visual examination
66
scot/o
darkness
67
scrib/o
to write
68
script/o
to write
69
seb/o
sebum
70
-sect
to cut
71
secund/i
second
72
sedat/o
to calm
73
semi-
half
74
semin/i
semen
75
senil/o
old, old age
76
sens/o
feeling, perception
77
sensat/o
feeling, perception
78
sensor/i
sensory
79
-sepsis
putrefaction, putrifying
80
septic/o
putrefaction, putrifying
81
sept-
seven
82
septi-
seven
83
sept/o
partition
84
ser/o
serum, serous
85
sesqui-
one and a half
86
sex-
six
87
sial/o
saliva
88
sicc/o
to dry
89
sider/o
iron
90
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
91
silic/o
silica, quartz
92
sinistr/o
left
93
sinus/o
cavity, sinus
94
sin/o
cavity, sinus
95
sit/o
food
96
skelet/o
skeleton
97
soci/o
social, society
98
sodi/o
compound containing sodium
99
solut/o
dissolved
100
somat/o
body
101
-some
body
102
somn/i
sleep
103
-somnia
sleep
104
son/o
sound
105
span/o
scanty, scarce
106
-spasm
involuntary contraction
107
spasm/o
involuntary contraction
108
spectr/o
image, spectrum
109
sperm/o
spermatozoa
110
spermat/o
spermatozoa
111
sphen/o
wedge, sphenoid bone
112
spher/o
round, sphere
113
sphygm/o
pulse
114
-sphyxia
pulse
115
spin/o
spinal cord, spine
116
spir/o
breathe
117
splanchn/o
viscera
118
splen/o
spleen
119
spondyl/o
vertebrae, spinal column
120
spongi/o
spongelike, spongy
121
spor/o
spore, seed
122
squam/o
squamous, scales
123
-stabile
stable, fixed
124
-stalsis
contraction
125
staped/o
stapes
126
staphyl/o
uvula, grape like clusters
127
-stasis
standing still, standing
128
-stat
device / instrument for keeping something stationary
129
steat/o
fat
130
-stenosis
narrowed, constricted
131
sten/o
narrowed, constricted
132
stere/o
sold, three dimensional
133
steril/o
barren
134
stern/o
sternum
135
steth/o
chest
136
sthen/o
strength
137
-sthenia
strength
138
stich/o
rows
139
-stichia
rows
140
stigmat/o
mark, point
141
stomat/o
mouth
142
-stomy
surgical opening
143
strat/i
layer
144
strept/o
twisted, curved
145
strict/o
to tighten, bind
146
-stroma
supporting tissue of an organ
147
stroph/o
twisted
148
sub-
under, beneath
149
succ/o
juice
150
suct/o
to suck
151
sud/o
sweat
152
sulc/o
furrow, groove
153
super-
above, beyond
154
supra-
above, beyond
155
suspend/o
to hang up, suspend
156
suspens/o
to hang up, suspend
157
sym-
with, together
158
syn-
with, together
159
symptom/o
occurance
160
synaps/o
point of contact, to join
161
synapt/o
point of contact, to join
162
syndesm/o
ligament, connective tissue
163
synov/o
synovia, synovial membrane
164
syphil/o
syphilis
165
syring/o
tube, fistula
166
system/o
system
167
systol/o
contraction
