Medical Vocabulary - S

Question 1

salping(o)-

Answer 1

of or pertaining to the fallopian tubes; SALPINGECTOMY, SALPINGOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE

Question 2

sangui-

sanguine-

Answer 2

of or pertaining to blood; SANGUINE

Question 3

sarco-

Answer 3

muscular, fleshlike; SARCOMA

Question 4

schist(o)-

Answer 4

split, cleft

Question 5

schiz(o)-

Answer 5

denoting something ‘split’ or ‘double-sided’; SCHIZOPHRENIA

Question 6

scler(o)-

Answer 6

hardness; ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Question 7

-sclerosis

Answer 7

hardening of the skin; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Question 8

scoli(o)-

Answer 8

twisted; SCOLIOSIS

Question 9

-scope

Answer 9

instrument for viewing; STETHOSCOPE

Question 10

-scopy

Answer 10

use of instrument for viewing; ENDOSCOPY

Question 11

semi-

Answer 11

one-half, partly

Question 12

sial(o)-

Answer 12

saliva, salivary gland; SIALAGOGUE

Question 13

sigmoid(o)-

Answer 13

sigmoid, sigmoid colon

Question 14

sinistr(o)-

Answer 14

left, left side

Question 15

sinus-

Answer 15

of or pertaining to the sinus; SINUSITIS

Question 16

sito-

Answer 16

food, grain

Question 17

somat(o)-

somatico-

Answer 17

body, bodily

Question 18

spasmo-

Answer 18

spasm

Question 19

sperma-
spermo-
spermato-

Answer 19

semen, spermatozoa; SPERMATOGENESIS

Question 20

splanchn(i)-

splanchn(o)-

Answer 20

viscera

Question 21

splen(o)-

Answer 21

spleen; SPLENECTOMY

Question 22

spondyl(o)-

Answer 22

of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra; SPONDYLITIS

Question 23

squamous(o)-

Answer 23

denoting something as ‘full of scales’ or ‘scaly’; SQUAMA

Question 24

-stasis

Answer 24

stop, stand

Question 25

-staxis

Answer 25

dripping, trickling

Question 26

sten(o)-

Answer 26

denoting something as ‘narrow in shape’ or pertaining to narrow-ness; STENOGRAPHY

Question 27

steth(o)-

Answer 27

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

Question 28

stheno-

Answer 28

strength, force, power

Question 29

stom(a)

Answer 29

mouth; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM

Question 30

stomat(o)-

Answer 30

of or pertaining to the mouth; STOMATOGASTRIC

Question 31

-stomy

Answer 31

creation of an opening; COLOSTOMY

Question 32

sub-

Answer 32

beneath; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

Question 33

super-

Answer 33

in excess, above, superior; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

Question 34

supra-

Answer 34

above, excessive; SUPRAORBITAL VEIN

Question 35

sy(l)-
sym-
syn-
sys-

Answer 35

indicates similarity, likeness, or, being together; SYNALGIA, SYNESTHESIA; SYSSARCOSIS