S

Question 1

sarco-

Answer 1

muscular, flesh-like
= sarcoma, sarcoidosis

Question 2

scapul(o)-

Answer 2

scapula
scapulothoracic,

Question 3

schist(o)-

Answer 3

split, cleft
= schistocyte

Question 4

schiz(o)-

Answer 4

denoting something ‘split’ or ‘double-sided’
= schizophrenia

Question 5

scler(o)-

Answer 5

hard
= scleroderma

Question 6

-sclerosis

Answer 6

hardening
= atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis

Question 7

scoli(o)-

Answer 7

twisted
= scoliosis

Question 8

-scope

Answer 8

instrument for viewing
= stethoscope

Question 9

-scopy

Answer 9

process of viewing
= endoscopy

Question 10

scoto-

Answer 10

darkness
= scotopic vosion

Question 11

semi-

Answer 11

one-half, partly
= semiconscious

Question 12

sigmoid(o)-

Answer 12

sigmoid, S-shaped curvature
= sigmoid colon

Question 13

sinus-

Answer 13

sinus
= sinusitis

Question 14

sito-

Answer 14

food, grain
= sitophobia

Question 15

somat(o)-
somatico-

Answer 15

body, bodily
= somatic

Question 16

somn(o)-

Answer 16

sleep
= insomniac

Question 17

spasmo-

Answer 17

spasm

Question 18

splen(o)-

Answer 18

spleen
=splenectomy

Question 19

spondyl-

Answer 19

spine, the vertebra
= spondylitis

Question 20

squamos-

Answer 20

denoting something as ‘full or scales’ or ‘scaly’
= squamous cell carcinoma

Question 21

-stalsis

Answer 21

contraction
= peristalsis

Question 22

-stasis

Answer 22

stopping. standing
=homeostasis

Question 23

-statin

Answer 23

maintain cholesterol
= statin

Question 24

-staxis

Answer 24

dripping, tricking
= epistaxis

Question 25

sten(o)-

Answer 25

denoting something as narrow in shape or pertaining to narrowness
= stenography

Question 26

-stenosis

Answer 26

abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure
= restenosis, stenosis

Question 27

steth-

Answer 27

upper chest, the area above the breast and under the neck
= stethoscope

Question 28

stheno-

Answer 28

strength, force, power

Question 29

stom-,
stomat-

Answer 29

mouth: an artificially created opening
= stomatognathic, stomatognathic system

Question 30

-stomy

Answer 30

creation of an opening
= colostomy

Question 31

sub-

Answer 31

beneth, under
= subcutaneous tissue

Question 32

super-

Answer 32

in excess, above, superior
=superior vena cave

Question 33

supra-

Answer 33

above, excessive
= supraorbital vein

Question 34

sy, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-

Answer 34

indicates similarity, likeness, or being together: assimilates before some consonants: before/to
= symptom, Sylvia, synesthesia,