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More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes S Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Sacchar/o

A

Sugar/sweet

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2
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Saccul/o

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Saccule of inner ear

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3
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Sacr/o

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Sacrum (wedge shaped vertebra at the lower end of the spine)

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4
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Sanguin/o

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Blood/bloody

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5
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Sapr/o

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Decay/decayed matter

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6
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Sarc/o

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Flesh/connective tissue

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7
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Scat/o

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Faeces/faecal matter

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8
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-schisis

Schist/o

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Cleaving/splitting/parting

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Schistosom/o

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Parasitic worm of Genus Schistosoma

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10
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Scint/i

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Scintillation/spark/flash of light

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11
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Scirrh/o

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Hard

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12
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Scot/o

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Darkness/scotoma (partial alteration in vision)

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13
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Scotom/o

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Blind spot/scotoma

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14
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Seb/o

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Sebum/sebaceous gland

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15
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-sepsis

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Infection

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16
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Septic/o

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Sepsis/infection/putrefaction

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17
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Sequestr-

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Sequestrum, a portion of dead bone

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18
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Sialaden/o

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Salivary glands

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19
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Sider/o

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Iron

20
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-sitia

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Condition of appetite for food

21
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Sit/o

A

Food

22
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Somatic/o

Somat/o

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Body

23
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Somn/i/o

A

Sleep

24
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Son/o

A

Ultrasound

25
Q

-spadia(s)

A

Condition of drawing out/cleft or rent of the male urethra

26
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Span/o

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Scanty or scarce

27
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Sphen/o

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Sphenoid bone/wedge shaped

28
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Sphygm/o

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Pulse

29
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-sphyx-

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Pulsing

30
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Spir/o

A

To breathe

31
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Squam/o

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Scale/scale like

32
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-stalsis

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Contraction

33
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Stapedi/o

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Stirrup/stapes

34
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Staphyl/o

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A grape like cluster/the uvula (teardrop shaped piece of soft tissue that hangs down your throat)

35
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-stat

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Agent or device that changes, regulates or stops something

36
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Sterc/o

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Faeces

37
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Ster/e/o

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Solid/three-dimensional

38
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Steth/o

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Chest/breast

39
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-sthenia

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Condition of strength/full power

40
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Striat/o

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Mark/stripe

41
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Styl/o

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Stake/styloid process (of temporal bone)

42
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Sub-

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Beneath/under

43
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Sud/or/i

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Sweat/perspiration

44
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Syndesm/o

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Ligament/connective tissue

45
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Syndrom/o

A

Running together

46
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-synechia

A

Condition of synechia/adhering together

47
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Syring/o

A

Tube/cavity

Medical Terminology BSMSA (45 decks)

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