Roots Prefix Suffix Q-S Flashcards
quadri-
four
quinque-
five
quint/i
fifth
rachi/o
spine
radi/o
xray, radiation
radicul/o
nerve root
ram/i
branch
re-
back, again
-receptor
receiver
-ceptor
receiver
rect/o
rectum
reflex/o
to bend back
reflect/o
to bend back
registrat/o
recording
relaps/o
to slide back
ren/o
kidney
respir/o
breathe, breathing
respirat/o
breathe, breathing
resuscit/o
revive
reticul/o
netlike
retin/o
retina
retract/o
drawing back
rhabd/o
rod
rhabdomy/o
straited / skeletal muscle
rhe/o
flow, current, stream
rhin/o
nose
rhiz/p
root
rhod/o
red, rosy
rhytid/o
wrinkle
rose/o
rosy
rot/o
turn, revolve
rotat/o
turn, revolve
-rragia
excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
-rrhage
excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
rrhythm/o
rhythm
-rubr/o
red
rubri/i
red
sacchar/o
sugar
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tube
sangu/i
blood
sanguin/o
blood
sanit/o
health
sap/o
soap
sapr/o
rotter, decay
sarc/o
flesh
scaph/o
boat-shaped
scapul/o
scapula
scat/o
feces
scel/o
leg
-scelia
leg
schist/o
split, cleft
-schisis
split, cleft
schiz/o
split, division
scint/i
spark
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
sclera
-sclerosis
hardening
scolec/o
worm
scoli/o
crooked, twisted
-scope
instrument for visual examiniation
-scopy
visual examination
scot/o
darkness