S - Medical Terminology - Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Form

Question 1

sacchar/o-

Answer 1

sugar

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sacro-

Answer 2

sacrum

Question 3

salping/o-

Answer 3

auditory tube; fallopian tube

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sapro-

Answer 4

putrid; rotten

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sarco-

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flesh

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scapho-

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boat-shaped; scaphoid

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scapulo-

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shoulder

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scato-

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dung; fecal matter

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schisto-

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split; cleft

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schizo-

Answer 10

division

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scirrho-

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hard; hard tumor or scirrhus

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sclero-

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1. hard
2. relating to the sclera

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-sdclerosis

Answer 13

dryness; hardness

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-scope

Answer 14

instrument for viewing or examining (includes other methods of examination)

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-scopy

Answer 15

examination

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scoto-

Answer 16

darkness

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sebo-

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fatty substance

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semi-

Answer 18

half

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septi-

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sevejn

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sero-

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serum

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sesqui-

Answer 21

one and one half

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sial/o-

Answer 22

saliva

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sidero-

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iron; steel

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sitio-
sito-

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bread; made from grain; food

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skeleto-

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skeleton

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skia-

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shadow

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sodio-

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sodium

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somat/o-

Answer 28

body

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spectro-

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appearance; image; form; spectrum

Question 30

sperma/t-
sperma/to-

Answer 30

sperm; spermatozoa

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spheno-

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wedge; sphenoid bone

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sphygmo-

Answer 32

pulse

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spir/o-

Answer 33

breathe

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spleno-

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spleen

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spondyl/o-

Answer 35

vertebra

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spongio-

Answer 36

spongelike

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staphylo-

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uvula; bunch of grapes; Staphylococcus

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steato-

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fat

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steno-

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narrow; short

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sterco-

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feces

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stere/o-

Answer 41

3D

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sterno-

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sternum

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stetho-

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chest

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stomato-

Answer 44

mouth

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strepto-

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twisted

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sub-

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under; beneath; in small quantity; less than normal

Question 47

super-

Answer 47

above; beyond superior

Question 48

supra-

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above; beyond; on top

Question 49

syn-
sym-

Answer 49

with; together with; along; beside