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medical terminology
word roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| systol/o | contraction |
| system/o, systemat/o | body system |
| syring/o | tube |
| syphil/i, syphil/o | syphillis |
| synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| syndrom/o | running together |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| -syndesis | surgical fixation |
| syncop/o | to cut short, cut off |
| synaps/o, synapt/o | point of contact |
| syn- | together, with, union, association |
| symptomat/o | falling togethre, symptom |
| sym- | with, together, joined together |
| sutur/o | stitch, seam |
| supraren/o | above or on the kidney, suprarenal |
| supra- | above, upper excessive |
| suppur/o, suppurat/o | to form pus |
| suppress/o | press down |
| supinat/o | bend backward, place of the back |
| supin/o | lying on the back |
| suprerflu/o | overflowing, excessive |
| superflu/o | overflowing, excessive |
| super-, super/o | above, excessive, higher than |
| sulc/o | furrow, groove |
| suffoc/o, suffocat/o | choke, strangle |
| sudor/i | sweat |
| sucr/o | sugar |
| subluxat/o | partial dislocation |
| sub | under, less, below |
| style.o | pen, pointed instrument |
| style/o | pen, pointed instrument |
| stup.e | benumbed, sunned |
| strid.o | harsh sound |
| strict.o | draw tightly together, bind or tie |
| stric | narrowing |
| striat.o | stripe, furrow, groove |
| strept.o | twisted chain |
| strat.i | layer |
| strab.i | squint, squint-eyed |
| stuomosis, stomy | furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening |
| stomat.o | mouth |
| stol.o | send or place |
| stimul/o | goad, prick, incite |
| stigmat/o | point, spot |
| sthenia | strength |
| steth.o | chest |
| stert.o | snore, snoring |
| stern.o | sternum, the breastbone |
| steril.i | sterile |
| stere.o | solid, three-dimension |
| ster.o | solid structure |
| stensis | abnormal narrowing |
| sten.o | narrowing, contracted |
| steat.o | fat, lipid, sebum |
| stasis, static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| san/o | sound, healthy, sane blood |
| sangu/i, sanguin/o sanit/o | soundness, health clear, apparent, manifest decaying, rotten flesh, connective tissue |
| saphen/o | carve, scrape scapula, shoulder blade division, split spark |
| sapr/o | hard |
| sarc/o | sclera, white ofeye, hard abnormal hardening curved, bent instrument for visual |
| scalp/o | examination pertaining to visual examination visual examination darkness |
| scapul/o | write |
| schiz/o | bag or pouch sebum produce, separate out cut, cutting pieces |
| scintill/o | saddle |
| scirrh/o | half |
| scler/o | semen, seed, sperm old |
| -sclerosis | grow old old age feeling, sensation |
| scolilo | sensitive to, affected by infection |
| -scope | infection, partition serum |
| —scopic | serous saliva salivary gland iron |
| -scopy | Greek letter sigma sigmoid colon glass |
| scot/o | hollow, sinus left, left side sinus |
| scrib/o, script/o scrot/o | abnormal condition, disease place |
| seb/o | skeleton companion, fellow being solution |
| secret/o | loosened, dissolved body |
| sect/o, secti/o segment/o | sleep |
| sell/o | sound |
| semi- seminhi | draw off, draw sudden involuntary contraction, |
| sen/i | tightening or cramping look at, a kind or sort |
| potent/o | powerful |
| practli, practic/o | practice, pursue an |
| prandi/o, -prandial | meal |
| -praxia | action, condition concerning |
| -praxis | performance of movements |
| pre- | act, activity; practice |
| precoc/i | before, in front of |
| pregn/o | early, premature |
| prematur/o | pregnant, full of |
| preputi/o | too early, untimely |
| presby/o | foreskin, prepuce |
| press/o | old age |
| priap/o | press, draw |
| primi- | penis |
| pro- | first |
| process/o | before, in behalf of |
| procident/o | going forth |
| procreat/o | fall down or forward |
| proct/o | reproduce |
| prodrom/o | anus and rectum |
| product/o | running ahead, precursor |
| prolaps/o | lead forward, yield, |
| prolifer/o | fall downward, slide |
| pron/o, pronat/o | reproduce, bear offspring |
| pros- | bent forward |
| prostat/o | before |
| prosthfo, | prostate gland |
| prosthet/o | addition, appendage |
| protlo, prote/o | first |
| protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | near |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pseud/o | false |
| psor/i, psor/o | itch, itching |
| psych/o | mind |
| ptomatlo | fall |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse, |
| -ptyal/o | saliva |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| publo | pubis, part of hip bone |
| pubert/o | ripe age, adult |
| pudend/o | pudendum |
| puerper/i | childbearing, labor |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| pulpos/o | fleshy, pulpy |
| pulsIo | beat, beating, striking |
| punct/o | sting, prick, puncture |
| pupiil/o | pupil |
| pur/o | pus |
| purpur/o | purple |
| purul/o | pus-filled |
| pustullo | infected pimple |
| py/o | J3U5 |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of |
| pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
| pvr/o, pyret/o | fever, fire |
| pvramid/o | pyramid shaped |
| quadr/i, quadr/o | Four |
| rabi/o | madness, rage |
| rachi/o | spinal column, vertebrae |
| radi!o | radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| radiat/o | giving off rays or radiant energy |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| raph/o | seam, suture |
| re- | back, again |
| recept/o | receive, receiver |
| recipi/o | receive, take to oneself |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| recticul/o | network |
| recuperat/o | recover, regain health |
| reductfo | bring back together |
| refract/o | bend back, turn aside |
| regurgit/o | flood or gush back |
| remiss/o | give up, let go, relax |
| ren/o | kidney |
| restor/o | rebuild, put back, restore |
| resuscit/o | revive |
| retent/o | hold back |
| reticul/o | network |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| retro- | behind, backward, back of |
| retract!o | draw back or in |
| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
| rheum/o, | watery flow, subject to flow |
| rheumat/o | nose |
| rhin/o | root |
| rhiz/o | snore, snoring |
| rhonc/o | rhythm |
| rhythm/o | wrinkle |
| rhytid/o | stiff |
| rigid/o | laugh |
| ris/o | x-ray |
| roentgen/o | rotate, revolve |
| rotat/o | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | discharge |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| rube- | red |
| rug/o | wrinkle, fold |
| sacc/i,sacc/o | sac |
| sacchar/o | sugar |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| saliv/o | saliva |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube |
| -salpinx | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| -para | to give birth |
| paralys/o, paralytic parasitlo | disable |
| parathyroid/c | parasite |
| pares/i | parathyroid glands |
| -paresi | to disable |
| paret!o | partial or incomplete paralysis to disable |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| pariet/o | wall |
| parotid/o | parotid gland |
| -parous | having borne one or more children sudden attack |
| parcxysm/o | childbirth, labor |
| -partum, parturit/o patcH/a, patell/o path/o, -pathy | patella, kneecap |
| paus/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion cessation, stopping |
| -pause | stopping |
| pectcr/o | chest |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pedi/a | child |
| pediculfo | louse (singular), lice (plural) pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip penis |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | to hang |
| pen/i | deficiency, lack, too few |
| pendo | digest, digestion |
| -penia | excessive, through |
| peps/i, -pepsia, peptic | become aware, perceive |
| perpercept/c | strike, tap, beat |
| percuss/c | surrounding, around |
| penperine/o | perineum |
| peristalsfo, | constrict around |
| peristalt/o | peritoneum |
| penitonefo | to pass or go through |
| perme/o | destructive, harmful |
| pernici/o | fibula |
| perone/o | perspiration |
| perspir/o | intensive cough |
| pertuss/i | skin spot |
| petechi/o | surgical fixation |
| -pexy | lens of eye |
| phacio | eat, swallow |
| phag/o | a cell that destroys, eat, swallow eating, swallowing |
| -phage | lens of eye |
| -phagia | phalanges, finger and toe penis |
| phak/c | drug |
| phalang/o | throat, pharynx |
| phallic | speech |
| pharmac/o, | speak or speech |
| pharmaceut/o | dusky |
| pharyng/c | to bear or carry |
| phas/o | removal |
| -phasia | attraction to, like, love |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phlegm/c | thick mucus |
| phobic, -phobia | abnormal fear |
| phon/o, -phonia | sound, voice |
| phor/o | carry, bear, movement |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| -phthisis | ,wasting away |
| -phylactic | protective preventive |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| physi/o, physic/o | nature |
| -physis | to grow |
| phyt/o, -phyte | plant |
| pil/i, pil/o | hair |
| pinn/i | external ear, auricle |
| pituit/c, pituitar/o | pituitary gland placenta, round flat cake |
| plac/o | flat plate or patch flat |
| placent/o | placenta, round flat cake |
| plak/c, -plakia | plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale |
| plan/c | flat |
| plant/i, plant/c | sole of foot |
| plas/i, plas/c | development, growth, formation |
| plas/c,-piasia | development, growth, formation |
| -plasm | formative material of cell |
| plasm/c | something molded or formed |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pie/c | more, many |
| -piegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -plegic | one affected with paralysis, |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
| plic/o | fold or ridge |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -pneic | pertaining to breathing, |
| pne/o- | breath, breathing |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pod/c | foot |
| poiesis | formation, to make |
| -phoresis | carrying transmission |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling, mental state |
| pigment/o | pigment, color |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| plast/o | growth, development, mold |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| pol/o | extreme |
| poli/o | gray of brain and spinal cord |
| pollic/o | thumb |
| poly- | many |
| polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
| pont/o | pons (part of brain), bridge |
| poplit/o | back of knee |
| por/o | pore, small opening |
| -porosis | lessening in density, porous condition |
| port/i | gate, door |
| post- | after, behind |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| potent/o | powerful |
| pract/i, practic/o | practice, pursue an occupation |
| prandi/o, -prandial | meal |
| -praxia | action, condition concerning the performance of movements |
| -praxis | act, activity practice |
| pre | before, in front of |
| precoc/i | early, premature |
| pregn/o | pregnant, full of |
| prematur/o | too early, untimely |
| preputi/o | foreskin, prepuce |
| presby/o | old age |
| press/o | press, draw |
| priap/o | penis |
| primi | first |
| pro | pro |
| process/o | going forth |
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