Medical Term (S-T) Flashcards
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
ster/o
solid structure
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
steril/i
sterile
stern/o
sternum, the breast bone
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
stigmat/o
point, spot
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
stol/o
send or place
stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
strab/i
squint, squint-eyed
strat/i
layer
strept/o
twisted chain
striat/o
stripe, furrow, groove
stric-
narrowing
strid/o
harsh sound
stup/e
benumbed, stunned
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
sub-
under, less, below
subluxat/o
partial dislocation
sucr/o
sugar
sudor/i
sweat
suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
sulc/o
furrow, groove
super-, super/o
above, excessive, higher than
superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
supin/o
lying on the back
supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
suppress/o
press down
suppur/o, suppurate/o
to form pus
supra-
above, upper, excessive
supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
-surgery
operative procedure
sutur/o
stitch, seam
sym-
with, together, joined together
symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
syn-
together, with, union, association
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
syndrom/o
running together
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
syphil/i, syphil/o
syphilis
syring/o
tube
system/o, systemat/o
body system
tachy-
fast, rapid
tact/i
touch
talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
tax/o
coordination, order
techn/o, techni/o
skill
tectori/o
covering, rooflike
tele/o
distant, far
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
tenac/i
holding, fast, sticky
tendin/o
tendon
tens/o
stretch out, extend, strain
termin/o
end, limit
test/i, test/o
testicle, testis
tetan/o
rigid, tense
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus, inner room
thanas/o, thanat/o
death
the/o
put, place
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
therap/o, therapeut/o
treatment
therm/o
heat
thio-
sulfur
thora/o, thorac/o
chest
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus gland
-thymia
a state of mind
-thymic
pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland
thy/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
-tic
pertaining to
tine/o
gnawing, worm, ringworm
tinnit/o
ringing, buzzing, tinkling
-tion
process, state or quality of
toc/o, -tocia, -tocin
labor, birth
tom/o
cut, section, slice
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
process of cutting
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
tone/o
to stretch
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
top/o
place, position, location
tors/o
twist, rotate
tort/i
twisted
tox/o, toxic/o
poison, poisonous
trabecul/o
little beam marked with cross bars or beams
trache/i, trache/o
trachea, windpipe
trachel-
neck
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
trans-
across, through
transfus/o
pour across, transfer
transit/o
changing
transvers/o
across, crosswise
traumat/o
injury
trem/o
shaking, trembling
tremul/o
fine tremor or shaking
treponem/o
coiled, turning microbe
tri-
three
trich/o
hair
trigon/o
trigone
-tripsy
to crush
-trite
instrument for crushing
trop/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
-tropic
having an affinity for
-tropin
to stimulate, act on
tub/i, tub/o
tube, pipe
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling
tunic/o
covering, cloak, sheath
turbinat/o
coiled, spiral shaped
tuss/i
cough
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum