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Word Part S
Word part starting with S with meaning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |