roots prefix suffix 3 Flashcards
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sacchar/o
A
sugar
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sacr/o
A
sacrum
3
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saliv/o
A
saliva
4
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salping/o
A
fallopian tube, auditory tube
5
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-salpinx
A
fallopian tube
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saphen/o
A
clear, apparent, manifest
7
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sarc/o
A
flesh, connective tissues
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schiz/o
A
division, to split
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scler/o
A
sclera, hardening
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-sclerosis
A
abnormal hardening/thickening
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scoli/o
A
curved, bent
12
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-scope
A
instrument for visual exam
13
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-scopic
A
pertaining to visual exam
14
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-scopy
A
visual exam w/scope
15
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-scop-
A
observe
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scot/o
A
darkness
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script/o
A
write
18
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scrot/o
A
bag/pouch, scrotum
19
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seb/o
A
sebum
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secret/o
A
produce, separate out
21
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sesct/o
A
cut, cutting
22
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semi-
A
half
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semin/i
A
semen, seed, sperm
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sen/o
A
old age
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sens/o
feeling, sensation
26
sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
27
sept/o
infection, partition, wall
28
ser/o
serum, serous
29
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
30
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
31
sin/o, sinus/o
hollow, sinus
32
sinsitr/o
left, left side
33
sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
state, condition
35
-sit/u
place
36
soci/o
companion, fellow, being
37
-sol
solution
38
somat/o, soma-
body
39
somn/o
sleep
40
son/o
sound
41
-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
42
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
43
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge-shaped
44
spher/o
round, sphere, ball
45
sphincter/o
tight band, sphincter
46
sphygm/o
pulse
47
spin/o
spine, backbone
48
spir/o
to breathe, coil
49
splen/o
spleen
50
spondyl/o
vertebrae, backbone
51
squam/o
scale, scale-like cell
52
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
53
staped/o
stapes
54
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
55
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of constant level, stoppage of flow
56
steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
57
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
58
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing, tightening
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ster/o
steroid, solid structure
60
stere/o
solid, 3D
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stern/o
sternum
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steth/o
chest
63
-sthenia
strength
64
stigmat/o
point, spot
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stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
66
-stitial
pertaining to standing/positioned
67
stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
68
-stomosis, -stomy
furnish w/mouth/outlet, opening
69
strept/o
twisted chain, curved
70
styl/o
pen, pointed instrument, stake, column, pillar, tube
71
sub-
under, less, below
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sucr/o
sugar
73
sud/o, sudor/i
sweat
74
super-
above, excessive, higher than
75
supinat/o
bent backward, lying on back
76
suppress/o
press down
77
-suppression
to stop
78
suppur/o
to form pus
79
supra-
above, upper, excessive
80
-surgery
operative procedure
81
sym-
with, joined together
82
symptomat/o
falling together, symptoms
83
syn-
together, with, union, association
84
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact, to join
85
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off, faint
86
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
87
system/o
body system, body as whole
88
systol/o
contraction, contracting
89
-ula
small, little
90
-ule
small one, little
91
uln/o
ulna
92
ultra-
beyond, excess
93
-um
singular noun ending, structure, tissue, thing
94
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
95
un-
not
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ungu/o
nail
97
uni-
one
98
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
99
-uria
urination, condition of urine
100
-uresis
urination
101
ureter/o
ureter
102
urethr/o
urethra
103
urin/o
urine, urinary organs
104
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
105
-us
thing, singular noun ending, structure, tissue
106
uter/o
uterus
107
uve/o
iris, choroid, ciliary body
108
vaccin/o
vaccine
109
vag/o
vagus nerve, wandering
110
vagin/o
vagina
111
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
112
varic/o
varicose veins, swollen/dilated vein
113
vas/o
vas deferens, blood vessel, duct
114
vascul/o
blood vessel, little vessel
115
ven/o, veni/i
vein
116
vener/o
sexual contact
117
ventilat/o, ventil/o
expose to air, oxygenate, aerate
118
ventr/o
in front, abdomen side of body
119
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain/heart, small chamber
120
venul/o
venule
121
-verse, -version
to turn, turning
122
vers/o, vert/o
turn, travel
123
vertebr/o
vertebra, backbone
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vertig/o
whirling round
125
vesic/o
urinary bladder
126
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder
127
vestibul/o
entrance, vestibule
128
vir/o
virus, poison
129
viril/o
masculine, manly
130
vis/o
seeing, sight, vision
131
viscer/o
viscera, internal organ
132
viscos/o
sticky, thickness
133
vit/a
life
134
vitr/o
vitreous body
135
vitre/o
glassy, vitreous humor
136
volv/o
to roll, turn, twist around
137
vulv/o
vulva, covering
138
tachy-
fast, rapid
139
tars/o
tarsus, tarsal plate, ankle
140
tax/o, taxi/o
coordination, order
141
-taxia
muscle coordination
142
techn/o
skill
143
tele/o
distant, distance
144
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
145
ten/o, tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend strain
146
tendin/o
tendon
147
tens/o
stretch out, extend, tension, strained
148
-tension
pressure
149
termin/o
end, limit
150
test/i, test/o, testicul/o
testicles, testis
151
tetra-
four
152
thalam/o
thalamus
153
thanat/o
death
154
thec/o
sheath, case
155
therapeut/o
treatment
156
-therapy
treatment
157
therm/o
heat, hot
158
thorac/o
chest, thorax
159
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
160
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
161
thym/o
thymus gland
162
-thymia
state of mind
163
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
164
tibi/o
tibia
165
-tion
process, state or quality of
166
toc/o, -tocin
labor, birth
167
-tocia
childbirth, labor
168
tom/o
cut, section, slice
169
-tome
instrument to cut thin section
170
-tomy
process of cutting
171
ton/o
tension, tone, stretching
172
-tonia
tone, tension
173
tonsill/o
tonsil, throat
174
top/o
place, location, position
175
tors/o, tort/i
twisted
176
tox/o, toxic/o, tox/i
poison, poisonous, toxin
177
trabecul/o
little beam, cross bar, mesh
178
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
179
tract/o
draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers
180
tranquil/o
quiet, calm, tranquil
181
trans-
across, through
182
traumat/o
injury
183
tremul/o
fine tremor, shaking
184
tri-
three
185
trich/o
hair
186
trigon/o
trigone
187
-tripsy
to crush
188
trop/o
to turn, change
189
troph/o, -trophy
development, nourishment
190
-tropia
to turn
191
-tropin
tube, pipe, hormone
192
-tropic
turning, affecting
193
tub/o
tube
194
tubercul/o
little knot, swelling, tuberculosis, small lesion caused by infection
195
tuss/o
cough
196
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
197
-type
classification, picture
198
Noun-ending suffixes
a, e, um, us, y, ae, i
199
Suffixes meaning 'pertaining to'
ac, eal, ior, al, ical, ory, an, ial, ous, ar, ary, ic, ine, tic, ose
200
Suffixes meaning 'abnormal condition/disease'
ago, iasis, osis, esis, ion, pathy, ism, ia, sis, nic
