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Elliott STUVXZ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| salping-(i,o) | tube fallopian tube |
| sanguin-(o) | blood |
| sarc-(o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
| -sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
| scler-(o) | hardening |
| -sclerosis | dryness or hardening |
| -scope | examining instrument |
| -scopy | observation |
| -sect | cut |
| semi- | half, part |
| sep-(ti, tic) | poison, rot, infection |
| sinistr-(o) | left |
| 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 |
| tach-(o, y) | rapid, fast |
| ten- (do, don, o) | tendon |
| tetra- | four |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm-(o, y) | heat |
| thorac-(o) | thorax, chest |
| thromb-(o) | clot, thrombus |
| thym-(o) | thymus gland |
| thyr-(o, oid) | thyroid gland |
| -tome | instrument that cuts |
| -tox (ic) | poison |
| trach-(i,e, o) | trachea, windpipe |
| trans- | across, over, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| trich-(o) | hair |
| -trips (y) | crushing by rubbing or grinding |
| -trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
| tympan-(o) | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| ur-(in, o) | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter-(o) | ureter (tube from kidney to bladder) |
| urethr-(o) | urethra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus) |
| -uria | urine |
| uter-(o) | uterus, womb |
| vas-(o) | vessel, duct |
| ven-(a) | vein |
| ventro- | to the front, abdomen |
| vertebr-(o) | spinr, vertebrae |
| vesic-(o) | urinary bladder |
| viscer-(o) | internal, organs |
| vit-(a) | necessary for life |
| xanth-(o) | yellow |
| -xen (ia, a) | strange, abnormal |
| zoo- | animal |
| zymo- | enzymes |