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Med Terms S
Medical terms beginning with the letter, "S"
Question | Answer |
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sacchar- | sugar |
sanguin/o- | blood |
salping/o- | uterine tube |
-salpinx- | uterine tube |
sarc/o- | flesh |
-sarcoma- | malignant tumor |
scapul/o- | scapula |
schisis- | split, fissure |
schiz/o- | split |
scler/o- | sclera |
-sclerosis- | hardening |
scoli/o- | crooked, curved |
-scope- | instrument to view or examine |
-scopy- | visualize or view |
seb- | grease |
seb/o- | sebaceous gland |
sect- | cut |
semi- | half |
sens- | feeling |
seps- | infection |
sept/i- | infection |
sept/o- | infection or septum |
septa- | seven |
serosa- | closed cavity membrane |
sex- | six |
sial/o- | saliva |
sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon |
sinistr/o- | left |
sinus/o- | sinus |
-sis- | state of |
somat/o- | body |
somn- | sleep |
son/o- | sound |
-spasm- | sudden, involuntary muscular contraction |
sperm/o- | sperm |
spermat/o- | spermatozoa, sperm |
sphygm/o- | pulse |
spin/o- | spine |
sprilla- | spiral shaped bacteria |
spir/o- | breath |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o- | vertebrae or vertebral column |
squam- | scale |
staphyl/o- | grape-like clusters |
staped/o- | stapes |
-stasis- | standing still |
stern/o- | sternum, chest |
steth/o- | chest |
stomat/o- | mouth |
-stomy- | make a new opening |
strat- | layer |
-stenosis- | narrowing or constriction |
stern/o- | sternum |
strept/o- | twisted chains |
styl/o- | stake, pole |
sub- | below, under |
subcu- | subcutaneous |
super- | above |
supra- | above |
sym- | with, together |
syn- | with, together |
synovi/o- | synovial membrane or synovial fluid |
system/o- | system |