Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 4 Flashcards
sacchar/o
sugar
sacr/o
sacrum
saliv/o
saliva
salping/o
fallopian tube, auditory tube
-salpinx
fallopian tube
saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissues
schiz/o
division, to split
scler/o
sclera, hardening
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening/thickening
scoli/o
curved, bent
-scope
instrument for visual exam
-scopic
pertaining to visual exam
-scopy
visual exam w/scope
-scop-
observe
scot/o
darkness
script/o
write
scrot/o
bag/pouch, scrotum
seb/o
sebum
secret/o
produce, separate out
sesct/o
cut, cutting
semi-
half
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
sen/o
old age
sens/o
feeling, sensation
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
sept/o
infection, partition, wall, partition
ser/o
serum, serous
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
sin/o, sinus/o
hollow, sinus
sinsitr/o
left, left side
sinus/o
sinus
-sis
state, condition
-sit/u
place
soci/o
companion, fellow, being
-sol
solution
somat/o, soma-
body
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
sphincter/o
tight band, sphincter
sphygm/o
pulse
spin/o
spine, backbone
spir/o
to breathe, coil
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebrae, backbone
squam/o
scale, scale-like cell
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
staped/o
stapes
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of constant level, stoppage of flow
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing, tightening
ster/o
steroid, solid structure
stere/o
solid, 3D
stern/o
sternum
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
stigmat/o
point, spot
stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
-stitial
pertaining to standing/positioned
stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
-stomosis, -stomy
furnish w/mouth/outlet, opening
strept/o
twisted chain, curved
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument, stake, column, pillar, tube
sub-
under, less, below
sucr/o
sugar
sud/o, sudor/i
sweat
super-
above, excessive, higher than
supinat/o
bent backward, lying on back
suppress/o
press down
-suppression
to stop
suppur/o
to form pus
supra-
above, upper, excessive
-surgery
operative procedure
sym-
w/, joined together
symptomat/o
falling together, symptoms
syn-
together, with, union, association
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of ocntact, to join
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off, faint
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
system/o
body system, body as whole
systol/o
contraction, contracting
-ula
small, little
-ule
small one, little
uln/o
ulna
ultra-
beyond, excess
-um
singular noun ending, structure, tissue, thing
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
un-
not
ungu/o
nail
uni-
one
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
-uria
urination, condition of urine
-uresis
urination
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
urin/o
urine, urinary organs
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
-us
thing, singular noun ending, structure, tissue
uter/o
uterus
uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body
vaccin/o
vaccine
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
vagin/o
vagina
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen/dilated vein
vas/o
vas deferns, blood vessel, duct
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
ven/o, veni/i
vein
vener/o
sexual contact
ventilat/o, ventil/o
expose to air, oxygenate, aerate
ventr/o
in front, abdomen side of body
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain/heart, small chamber
venul/o
venule
-verse, -version
to turn, turning
vers/o, vert/o
turn, travel
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
vertig/o
whirling round
vesic/o
urinary bladder
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
vir/o
virus, poison
viril/o
masculine, manly
vis/o
seeing, sight, vision
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
viscos/o
sticky, thickness
vit/a
life
vitr/o
vitreous body
vitre/o
glassy, vitreous humor
volv/o
to roll, turn, twist around
vulv/o
vulva, covering
tachy-
fast, rapid
tars/o
tarsus, tarsal plate, ankle, (eyelid?)
tax/o, taxi/o
coordination, order
-taxia
muscle coordination
techn/o
skill
tele/o
distant, distance
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend strain
tendin/o
tendon
tens/o
stretch out, extend, tension, strained
-tension
pressure
termin/o
end, limit
test/i, test/o, testicul/o
testicles, testis
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus
thanat/o
death
thec/o
sheath, case
therapeut/o
treatment
-therapy
treatment
therm/o
heat, hot
thorac/o
chest, thorax
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
thym/o
thymus gland
-thymia
state of mind
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia
-tion
process, state or quality of
toc/o, -tocin
labor, birth
-tocia
childbirth, labor
tom/o
cut, section, slice
-tome
instrument to cut thin section
-tomy
process of cutting
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
-tonia
tone, tension
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
top/o
place, location, position
tors/o, tort/i
twisted
tox/o, toxic/o, tox/i
poison, poisonous, toxin
trabecul/o
little beam, cross bar, mesh
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
trans-
across, through
traumat/o
injury
tremul/o
fine tremor, shaking
tri-
three
trich/o
hair
trigon/o
trigone
-tripsy
to crush
trop/o
to turn, change
troph/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
-tropia
to turn
-tropin
tube, pipe, hormone
-tropic
turning, affecting
tub/o
tube
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling, tuberculosis, small lesion caused by infection
tuss/o
cough
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
-type
classification, picture
What suffixes are noun endings?
a, e, um, us, y, ae, i
what suffixes mean pertaining to?
ac, eal, ior, al, ical, ory, an, ial, ous, ar, ary, ic, ine, tic, ose
what suffixes mean abnormal condition/disease?
ago, iasis, osis, esis, ion, pathy, ,ism, ia, sis, nic
