Word Parts-S Flashcards
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sacc/i, sacc/o
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sac
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sacchar/o
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sugar
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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saliv/o
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saliva
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salping/o
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uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
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uterine (fallopian) tube
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san/o
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sound, healthy, sane
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sangu/i, sanguin/o
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blood
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sanit/o
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soundness, health
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saphen/o
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clear, apparent, manifest
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sapr/o
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decaying, rotten
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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scalp/o
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carve, scrape
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scapul/o
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scapula, shoulder blade
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schiz/o
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division, split
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scirrh/o
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hard
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scler/o
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sclera, white of eye, hard
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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scoli/o
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curved, bent
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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scot/o
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darkness
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scrib/o, script/o
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write
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scrot/o
bag or pouch
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seb/o
sebum
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secret/o
produce, separate out
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sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
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segment/o
pieces
30
sell/o
saddle
31
semi-
half
32
semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
33
sen/i
old
34
senesc/o
grow old
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senil/o
old age
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sens/i
feeling, sensation
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sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
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seps/o
infection
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sept/o
infection, partition
40
ser/o
serum
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seros/o
serous
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sial/o
saliva
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
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sigm/o
Greek letter sigma
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
glass
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sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
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sinistr/o
left, left side
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sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
abnormal condition, disease
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sit/u
place
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skelet/o
skeleton
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soci/o
companion, fellow being
54
-sol
solution
55
solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
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soma-, somat/o
body
57
somn/i, somn/o
sleep
58
son/o
sound
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sopor/o
sleep
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spad/o
draw off, draw
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-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
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spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
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specul/o
mirror
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sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
65
sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
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spher/o
round, sphere, ball
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sphincter/o
tight band
68
sphygm/o
pulse
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spin/o
spine, backbone
70
spir/o
to breathe
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spirill/o
little coil
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spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
73
splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
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spontane/o
unexplained, of one?s own accord
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spor/o
seed, spore
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sput/o
sputum, spit
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squam/o
scale
79
-stalsis
contraction, constriction
80
staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
81
staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
82
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
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steat/o
fat, lipid, sebum
84
sten/o
narrowing, contracted
85
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
86
ster/o
solid structure
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stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
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steril/i
sterile
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stern/o
sternum, the breast bone
90
steth/o
chest
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-sthenia
strength
92
stigmat/o
point, spot
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stimul/o
goad, prick, incite
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stol/o
send or place
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stom/o, stomat/o
mouth, oral cavity
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-stomosis, -stomy
furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
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strab/i
squint, squint-eyed
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strat/i
layer
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strept/o
twisted chain
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striat/o
stripe, furrow, groove
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stric-
narrowing
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strict/o
draw tightly together, bind or tie
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strid/o
harsh sound
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stup/e
benumbed, stunned
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styl/o
pen, pointed instrument
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sub-
under, less, below
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subluxat/o
partial dislocation
108
sucr/o
sugar
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sudor/i
sweat
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suffoc/o, suffocat/o
choke, strangle
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sulc/o f
urrow, groove
112
super-, super/o
above, excessive, higher than
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superflu/o
overflowing, excessive
114
supin/o
lying on the back
115
supinat/o
bend backward, place on the back
116
suppress/o
press down
117
suppur/o, suppurate/o
to form pus
118
supra-
above, upper, excessive
119
supraren/o
above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland
120
-surgery
operative procedure
121
sutur/o
stitch, seam
122
sym-
with, together, joined together
123
symptomat/o
falling together, symptom
124
syn-
together, with, union, association
125
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact
126
syncop/o
to cut short, cut off
127
-syndesis
surgical fixation of vertebrae
128
syndrom/o
running together
129
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
130
syphil/i, syphil/o
syphilis
131
syring/o
tube
132
system/o, systemat/o
body system
133
systol/o
contraction
