Medical Roots (S-Z)

Question 1

What does this medical root mean?

salping(o)-

Answer 1

Of or pertaining to the fallopian tubes

Question 2

What does this medical root mean?

sangui-, sanguine-

Answer 2

Of or pertaining to blood

Question 3

What does this medical root mean?

sarco-

Answer 3

muscular, fleshlike

Question 4

What does this medical root mean?

schist(o)-

Answer 4

split, cleft

Question 5

What does this medical root mean?

schiz(o)-

Answer 5

Denoting something ‘split’ or ‘double-sided’

Question 6

What does this medical root mean?

scler(o)-

Answer 6

hardness

Question 7

What does this medical root mean?

-sclerosis

Answer 7

hardening of the skin

Question 8

What does this medical root mean?

scoli(o)-

Answer 8

twisted

Question 9

What does this medical root mean?

-scope

Answer 9

instrument for viewing

Question 10

What does this medical root mean?

-scopy

Answer 10

use of instrument for viewing

Question 11

What does this medical root mean?

scoto-

Answer 11

darkness

Question 12

What does this medical root mean?

semi-

Answer 12

one-half, partly

Question 13

What does this medical root mean?

sial(o)-

Answer 13

saliva, salivary gland

Question 14

What does this medical root mean?

sigmoid(o)-

Answer 14

sigmoid, S-shaped curvature

Question 15

What does this medical root mean?

sinistr(o)-

Answer 15

left, left side

Question 16

What does this medical root mean?

sinus-

Answer 16

Of or pertaining to the sinus

Question 17

What does this medical root mean?

sito-

Answer 17

food, grain

Question 18

What does this medical root mean?

somat(o)-, somatico-

Answer 18

body, bodily

Question 19

What does this medical root mean?

-spadias

Answer 19

slit, fissure

Question 20

What does this medical root mean?

spasmo-

Answer 20

spasm

Question 21

What does this medical root mean?

sperma-, spermo-, spermato-

Answer 21

semen, spermatozoa

Question 22

What does this medical root mean?

splanchn(i)-, splanchn(o)-

Answer 22

viscera

Question 23

What does this medical root mean?

splen(o)-

Answer 23

spleen

Question 24

What does this medical root mean?

spondyl(o)-

Answer 24

Of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra

Question 25

# What does this medical root mean? squamos(o)-

Answer 25

Denoting something as 'full of scales' or 'scaly'

Question 26

# What does this medical root mean? -stasis

Answer 26

stop, stand

Question 27

# What does this medical root mean? -staxis

Answer 27

dripping, trickling

Question 28

# What does this medical root mean? sten(o)-

Answer 28

Denoting something as 'narrow in shape' or pertaining to narrowness

Question 29

# What does this medical root mean? -stenosis

Answer 29

abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure

Question 30

# What does this medical root mean? steth(o)-

Answer 30

Of or pertaining to the upper chest, chest, the area above the breast and under the neck

Question 31

# What does this medical root mean? stheno-

Answer 31

strength, force, power

Question 32

# What does this medical root mean? stom(a)

Answer 32

mouth

Question 33

# What does this medical root mean? stomat(o)-

Answer 33

Of or pertaining to the mouth

Question 34

# What does this medical root mean? -stomy

Answer 34

creation of an opening

Question 35

# What does this medical root mean? sub-

Answer 35

beneath

Question 36

# What does this medical root mean? super-

Answer 36

in excess, above, superior

Question 37

# What does this medical root mean? supra-

Answer 37

above, excessive

Question 38

# What does this medical root mean? sy, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-

Answer 38

Indicates similarity, likeness, or being together; Assimilates before some consonants: before l to syl-, s tosys-, before a labial consonant to sym-.

Question 39

# What does this medical root mean? tachy-

Answer 39

Denoting something as fast, irregularly fast

Question 40

# What does this medical root mean? -tension, -tensive

Answer 40

pressure

Question 41

# What does this medical root mean? tetan-

Answer 41

rigid, tense

Question 42

# What does this medical root mean? thec-

Answer 42

case, sheath

Question 43

# What does this medical root mean? thel(e)-, thel(o)-

Answer 43

Of or pertaining to a nipple [uncommon as a prefix]

Question 44

# What does this medical root mean? thely-

Answer 44

Denoting something as 'relating to a woman, feminine'

Question 45

# What does this medical root mean? therap(o)-

Answer 45

treatment

Question 46

# What does this medical root mean? therm(o)-

Answer 46

heat

Question 47

# What does this medical root mean? thorac(i)-, thorac(o)-, thoracico-

Answer 47

Of or pertaining to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck

Question 48

# What does this medical root mean? thromb(o)-

Answer 48

Of or relating to a blood clot, clotting of blood

Question 49

# What does this medical root mean? thyr(o)-

Answer 49

thyroid

Question 50

# What does this medical root mean? thym(o)(ia)-

Answer 50

emotions

Question 51

# What does this medical root mean? -tic

Answer 51

pertaining to

Question 52

# What does this medical root mean? toco-

Answer 52

childbirth

Question 53

# What does this medical root mean? -tome

Answer 53

cutting instrument

Question 54

# What does this medical root mean? -tomy

Answer 54

act of cutting; incising, incision

Question 55

# What does this medical root mean? tono-

Answer 55

tone, tension, pressure

Question 56

# What does this medical root mean? -tony

Answer 56

tension

Question 57

# What does this medical root mean? top(o)-

Answer 57

place, topical

Question 58

# What does this medical root mean? tort(i)-

Answer 58

twisted

Question 59

# What does this medical root mean? tox(i)-, tox(o)-, toxic(o)-

Answer 59

toxin, poison

Question 60

# What does this medical root mean? trache(a)-

Answer 60

trachea

Question 61

# What does this medical root mean? trachel(o)-

Answer 61

Of or pertaining to the neck

Question 62

# What does this medical root mean? trans-

Answer 62

Denoting something as moving or situated 'across' or 'through'

Question 63

# What does this medical root mean? trich(i)-, trichia, trich(o)-

Answer 63

Of or pertaining to hair, hair-like structure

Question 64

# What does this medical root mean? -tripsy

Answer 64

crushing

Question 65

# What does this medical root mean? -trophy

Answer 65

nourishment, development

Question 66

# What does this medical root mean? tympan(o)-

Answer 66

eardrum

Question 67

# What does this medical root mean? -ula, -ule

Answer 67

small

Question 68

# What does this medical root mean? ultra-

Answer 68

beyond, excessive

Question 69

# What does this medical root mean? umbilic-

Answer 69

Of or pertaining to the navel, the umbilicus

Question 70

# What does this medical root mean? ungui-

Answer 70

Of or pertaining to the nail, a claw

Question 71

# What does this medical root mean? un(i)-

Answer 71

one

Question 72

# What does this medical root mean? ur(o)-

Answer 72

Of or pertaining to urine, the urinary system; (specifically) pertaining to the physiological chemistry of urine

Question 73

# What does this medical root mean? uri(c)-, urico-

Answer 73

uric acid

Question 74

# What does this medical root mean? urin-

Answer 74

Of or pertaining to urine, the urinary system

Question 75

# What does this medical root mean? uter(o)-

Answer 75

Of or pertaining to the uterus or womb

Question 76

# What does this medical root mean? vagin-

Answer 76

Of or pertaining to the vagina

Question 77

# What does this medical root mean? varic(o)-

Answer 77

swollen or twisted vein

Question 78

# What does this medical root mean? vas(o)-

Answer 78

duct, blood vessel

Question 79

# What does this medical root mean? vasculo-

Answer 79

blood vessel

Question 80

# What does this medical root mean? ven-

Answer 80

Of or pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein (used in terms pertaining to the vascular system)

Question 81

# What does this medical root mean? ventr(o)-

Answer 81

Of or pertaining to the belly; the stomach cavities

Question 82

# What does this medical root mean? ventricul(o)-

Answer 82

Of or pertaining to the ventricles; any hollow region inside an organ

Question 83

# What does this medical root mean? -version

Answer 83

turning

Question 84

# What does this medical root mean? vesic(o)-

Answer 84

Of or pertaining to the bladder

Question 85

# What does this medical root mean? viscer(o)-

Answer 85

Of or pertaining to the internal organs, the viscera

Question 86

# What does this medical root mean? xanth(o)-

Answer 86

Denoting a yellow color, an abnormally yellow color

Question 87

# What does this medical root mean? xen(o)-

Answer 87

Foreign, different

Question 88

# What does this medical root mean? xer(o)-

Answer 88

dry, desert-like

Question 89

# What does this medical root mean? -y

Answer 89

condition or process of

Question 90

# What does this medical root mean? zo(o)-

Answer 90

animal, animal life

Question 91

# What does this medical root mean? zym(o)-

Answer 91

fermentation, enzyme