Word Parts-S Flashcards

1
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sacc/i, sacc/o

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sac

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sacchar/o

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sugar

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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saliv/o

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saliva

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5
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salping/o

A

uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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-salpinx

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uterine (fallopian) tube

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san/o

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sound, healthy, sane

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sangu/i, sanguin/o

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blood

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sanit/o

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soundness, health

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saphen/o

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clear, apparent, manifest

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sapr/o

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decaying, rotten

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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scalp/o

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carve, scrape

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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schiz/o

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division, split

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

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sclera, white of eye, hard

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18
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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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scoli/o

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curved, bent

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20
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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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21
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-scopic

A

pertaining to visual examination

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22
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-scopy

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visual examination

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23
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scot/o

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darkness

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24
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scrib/o, script/o

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write

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25
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scrot/o

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bag or pouch

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26
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seb/o

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sebum

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27
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secret/o

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produce, separate out

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28
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sect/o, secti/o

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cut, cutting

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29
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segment/o

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pieces

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30
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sell/o

A

saddle

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31
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semi-

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half

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32
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semin/i

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semen, seed, sperm

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33
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sen/i

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old

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34
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senesc/o

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grow old

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35
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senil/o

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old age

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36
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sens/i

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feeling, sensation

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37
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sensitiv/o

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sensitive to, affected by

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38
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seps/o

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infection

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39
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sept/o

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infection, partition

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40
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ser/o

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serum

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41
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seros/o

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serous

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42
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sial/o

A

saliva

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43
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sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

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44
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sigm/o

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Greek letter sigma

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45
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sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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46
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silic/o

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glass

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47
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sin/o, sin/u

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hollow, sinus

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48
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sinistr/o

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left, left side

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49
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sinus/o

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sinus

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50
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-sis

A

abnormal condition, disease

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51
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sit/u

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place

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52
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skelet/o

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skeleton

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53
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soci/o

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companion, fellow being

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54
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-sol

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solution

55
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solut/o, solv/o

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loosened, dissolved

56
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soma-, somat/o

A

body

57
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somn/i, somn/o

A

sleep

58
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son/o

A

sound

59
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sopor/o

A

sleep

60
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spad/o

A

draw off, draw

61
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-spasm, spasmod/o

A

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping

62
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spec/i

A

look at, a kind or sort

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specul/o

A

mirror

64
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sperm/o, spermat/o

A

sperm, spermatozoa, seed

65
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sphen/o

A

sphenoid bone, wedge

66
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spher/o

A

round, sphere, ball

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sphincter/o

A

tight band

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sphygm/o

A

pulse

69
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spin/o

A

spine, backbone

70
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spir/o

A

to breathe

71
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spirill/o

A

little coil

72
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spirochet/o

A

coiled microorganism

73
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splen/o

A

spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

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spontane/o

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unexplained, of one?s own accord

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spor/o

A

seed, spore

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sput/o

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sputum, spit

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squam/o

A

scale

79
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-stalsis

A

contraction, constriction

80
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staped/o, stapedi/o

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stapes (middle ear bone)

81
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staphyl/o

A

clusters, bunch of grapes

82
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-stasis, -static

A

control, maintenance of a constant level

83
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steat/o

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fat, lipid, sebum

84
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sten/o

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narrowing, contracted

85
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-stenosis

A

abnormal narrowing

86
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ster/o

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solid structure

87
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stere/o

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solid, three-dimensional

88
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steril/i

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sterile

89
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stern/o

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sternum, the breast bone

90
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steth/o

A

chest

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-sthenia

A

strength

92
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stigmat/o

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point, spot

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stimul/o

A

goad, prick, incite

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stol/o

A

send or place

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stom/o, stomat/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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-stomosis, -stomy

A

furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening

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strab/i

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squint, squint-eyed

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strat/i

A

layer

99
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strept/o

A

twisted chain

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striat/o

A

stripe, furrow, groove

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stric-

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narrowing

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strict/o

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draw tightly together, bind or tie

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strid/o

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harsh sound

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stup/e

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benumbed, stunned

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styl/o

A

pen, pointed instrument

106
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sub-

A

under, less, below

107
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subluxat/o

A

partial dislocation

108
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sucr/o

A

sugar

109
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sudor/i

A

sweat

110
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o

A

choke, strangle

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sulc/o f

A

urrow, groove

112
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super-, super/o

A

above, excessive, higher than

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superflu/o

A

overflowing, excessive

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supin/o

A

lying on the back

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supinat/o

A

bend backward, place on the back

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suppress/o

A

press down

117
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suppur/o, suppurate/o

A

to form pus

118
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supra-

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above, upper, excessive

119
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supraren/o

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above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland

120
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-surgery

A

operative procedure

121
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sutur/o

A

stitch, seam

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sym-

A

with, together, joined together

123
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symptomat/o

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falling together, symptom

124
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syn-

A

together, with, union, association

125
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synaps/o, synapt/o

A

point of contact

126
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syncop/o

A

to cut short, cut off

127
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-syndesis

A

surgical fixation of vertebrae

128
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syndrom/o

A

running together

129
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synovi/o, synov/o

A

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

130
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syphil/i, syphil/o

A

syphilis

131
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syring/o

A

tube

132
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system/o, systemat/o

A

body system

133
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systol/o

A

contraction