Medical Word Parts (Q, R, S) Flashcards
1
Q
quadri-
A
four
2
Q
rachi/o
A
spinal column, backbone
3
Q
radi/o
A
radius (lower lateral arm bone); rays
4
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root, spinal nerve root
5
Q
re-
A
back, backward, again
6
Q
rect/o
A
rectum, straight
7
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
8
Q
reticul/o
A
network
9
Q
retin/o
A
retina
10
Q
retro-
A
backward
11
Q
rhabd/o
A
striated
12
Q
rhabdomy/o
A
striated (skeletal) muscle
13
Q
rheumat/o
A
watery flow
14
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
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Q
rhiz/o
A
spinal nerve root, nerve root
16
Q
rhythm/o
A
rhythm
17
Q
rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
18
Q
rib/o
A
ribose
19
Q
rot/o
A
wheel
20
Q
-rrhage
A
bursting forth
21
Q
-rrhagia
A
bursting forth
22
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture, repair
23
Q
-rrhea
A
discharge, flow
24
Q
-rrheic
A
pertaining to discharge
25
-rrhexis
rupture
26
rug/o
rugae, ridge
27
sacr/o
sacrum
28
sagitt/o
arrow, separating the sides
29
salping/o
tube, fallopian or eustachian
30
-salpinx
fallopian, tube
31
sarc/o
flesh
32
-sarcoma
connective tissue cancer
33
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
34
schiz/o
split
35
scler/o
sclera, hard
36
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
37
scoli/o
curvature
38
-scope
instrument to view
39
-scopic
pertaining to viewing
40
-scopy
process of viewing
41
scot/o
dark
42
scrot/o
scrotum (sac holding testes)
43
seb/o
sebum, oil
44
sebac/o
sebum, oil
45
semin/i
semen
46
seps/o
infection
47
-sepsis
infection
48
sept/o
septum, wall, partition
49
septic/o
infection
50
ser/o
serum
51
sial/o
saliva
52
sialaden/o
salivary gland
53
sider/o
iron
54
-siderin
iron substance
55
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
56
sin/o
sinus, cavity
57
sinistr/o
left
58
sinus/o
sinus, cavity
59
-sis
state of, condition
60
skelet/o
skeleton
61
somat/o
body
62
somn/o
sleep
63
son/o
sound
64
-spadias
a rent or tear
65
-spasm
spasm, sudden, involuntary contraction
66
sperm/o
spermatozoon (male sex cell)
67
spermat/o
spermatozoon (male sex cell)
68
sphenoid/o
sphenoid
69
spin/o
spine
70
spir/o
to breathe, breathing
71
splen/o
spleen
72
spondyl/o
vertebra, backbone, spine
73
squam/o
scaly
74
-stalsis
contraction
75
staped/o
stapes (third ossicle in ear)
76
-stasis
controlling, stopping
77
steat/o
fat
78
-stenosis
abnormal condition of narrowing
79
ster/o
steroid
80
stere/o
three-dimensional
81
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
82
steth/o
chest
83
sthen/o
strength
84
-sthenia
condition of strength
85
stom/o
an opening, a mouth
86
stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
87
-stomy
new opening
88
strom/o
stroma (supportive tissue)
89
sub-
under, below
90
sudor/i
sweat
91
sulc/o
sulcus, groove
92
super/o
upward
93
supra-
upward, above
94
sur/o
calf
95
sympath/o
to feel with
96
syn-
together, joined
97
syndesm/o
ligament (structure connecting bone)
98
synovi/o
synovium
