Prefixes: Q, R, & S

Question 0

radi- (o)

Answer 0

X-rays, radiation

Question 1

quad- (ra, ri)

Answer 1

four

Question 2

rect- (o)

Answer 2

rectum

Question 3

ren- (o)

Answer 3

kidney

Question 4

retro-

Answer 4

backward, in back, behind

Question 5

rhin- (o)

Answer 5

nose, pertaining to nose

Question 6

-rraphy

Answer 6

suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect

Question 7

-rrhagia

Answer 7

sudden or excessive flow

Question 8

-rrhea

Answer 8

flow, discharge

Question 9

-rrhexis

Answer 9

rupture of, bursting

Question 10

salping- (i, o)

Answer 10

tube, fallopian tube

Question 11

sanguin-

Answer 11

blood

Question 12

sarc- (o)

Answer 12

malignant (cancer) connective tissue

Question 13

sarcoma

Answer 13

malignent (cancer) connective tube

Question 14

scler- (o)

Answer 14

hardening

Question 15

-scerosis

Answer 15

hardness or dryness

Question 16

-scope

Answer 16

examining instrument

Question 17

-scopy

Answer 17

observation

Question 18

-sect

Answer 18

cut

Question 19

semi-

Answer 19

half

Question 20

sep- (ti)

Answer 20

poison, rot, or infection

Question 21

sinistr- (o)

Answer 21

left

Question 22

soma- (t)

Answer 22

body

Question 23

son- (o)

Answer 23

sound

Question 24

-spasm

Answer 24

involuntary contraction

Question 25

sperm- (ato)

Answer 25

male germ cell

Question 26

splen- (o)

Answer 26

spleen

Question 27

-stasis

Answer 27

stoppage or maintaining a constant level

Question 28

steno-

Answer 28

contracted or narrow

Question 29

stern- (o)

Answer 29

sternum, breast bone

Question 30

stoma- (t)

Answer 30

mouth

Question 31

-stomy

Answer 31

artificial opening

Question 32

sub-

Answer 32

less, under, below

Question 33

sup- (er, ra)

Answer 33

above, upon, over, high in position

Question 34

sym-, syn-

Answer 34

joined, fused, together