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Word Part S
Word part starting with S with meaning
Term | Definition |
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salping- (i, o) | tube, fallopian tube |
sanguin- (o) | blood |
sarc- (o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
-sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
scler- (o) | hardening |
-sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
-scope | examining instrument |
-scopy | observation |
-sect | cut |
semi | half, part |
sep- (ti, tic) | poison, rot, infection |
sinistr- (o) | laft |
soma- (t, to) | body |
son- (o) | sound |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
sperm- (ato) | spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell |
splen- (o) | spleen |
-stasis | stoppage, maintaining a constant level |
steno- | contracted, narrow |
stern- (o) | sternum, breast bone |
stoma- (t) | mouth |
-stomy | artificial opening |
sub- | less, under, below |
sup- (er, ra) | above, upon, over, higher in position |
sym-, syn- | joined, fused, together |