Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms S and T Flashcards
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx
fallopian tube, oviduct
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
-schisis
to split
schist/o
split, cleft
schiz/o
split
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
slcera (white of eye), hardening
-sclerosis
hardening
scoli/o
crooked, bent
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
scot/o
darkness
seb/o
sebum
sebace/o
sebum
sect/o
to cut
semi-
half
semin/i
semen, seed
seps/o, septic/o
infection
-sepsis
putrefaction
sept/o
partition
septic/o, seps/o
infection
ser/o
serum, serous
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sider/o
iron
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
sinistr/o
left
sinus/o
sinus
-sis
state of, condition
skelet/o
skeleton
-sol
solution
somat/o
body
-some
body
somn/o
sleep
-somnia
sleep
son/o
sound
-spadia
to tear, cut
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
spectr/o
image, spectrum
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
spermat/o
spermatoza, sperm cells
sphen/o
wedge, sphenoid bone
spher/o
globe-shaped, round
sphygm/o
pulse
-sphyxia
pulse
spin/o
spine (backbone)
spir/o
to breathe
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
squam/o
scale
-stabile
stable, fixed
-stalsis
contraction
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o
clusters, vulva
-stasis
to stop, control, place
-stat
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
-static
pertaining to stopping, controlling
steat/o
fat, sebum
sten/o
narrowed, constricted
-stenosis
tightening, stricture
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
stigmat/o
mark, point
stomat/o
mouth
-stomia
condition of the mouth
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
strept/o
twisted chains
sub-
under, below
submaxill/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
super-
above, beyond
-suppression
to stop
supra-
above, upper
sym-
together, with
symptom/o
occurrence
syn-
together, with
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact, to join
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, faint
synov/o
synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon
system/o
system
systol/o
contraction
tachy-
fast
tal/o
talus
tars/o
tarsus, hindfoot or ankle
tax/o
order, coordination
techn/o
skill, art
tel/o
complete
tele/o
distant
temp/o, tempor/o
period of time, the temples
ten/o
tendon
tendin/o
tendon
ten/o
stretched, strained
-tension
pressure
terat/o
monster, malformed fetus
test/o, testicul/o
testis, testicle
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
therapeut/o
treatment
-therapy
treatment
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
-tic
pertaining to
toc/o
labor, birth
-tocia
labor, birth (condition of)
-tocin
labor, birth (a substance for)
tom/o
to cut
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
ton/o
tension
tonsill/o
tonsil
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
toxic/o
poison
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
trans-
across, through
-tresia
opening
tri-
three
trich/o
hair
-tripsy
to crush
troph/o
nourishment, development
-trophy
nourishment, development (condition of)
-tropia
to turn
-tropic
turning
-tropin
stimulate, act on
tub/o
tube
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear
-type
classification, picture
typhl/o
cecum, blindness