Term | Definition |
sacchar- | sugar |
sacr/o | sacrum (large bone at base of spine) |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
sanit/a | health |
sap/o | soap |
sapro- | rotten |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
-sarcoma | cancer of connective tissue |
saur/o | lizard |
scaph/o | boat-shaped, scapha |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
scat- | dung |
-schisis | cleft, split |
schisto- | split, cleft |
schiz- | division |
scint/i | spark |
scirrh/o | hard, hard tumor |
scler- | hard |
scler/o | white of eye, hard |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
scoli/o | curved, crooked |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | process of viewing |
scot/o | darkness |
scrot/o | scrotum |
seb/o | sebum, oil, fatty |
sect- | dissect, cut |
semi- | half |
semin/i | semen |
sensor/i | sensory |
-sepsis | decay caused by |
sept/o | septum, seven |
septi- | seven |
ser/o | blood serum |
sesqui- | one and one-half |
sex- | six |
sial/o | saliva |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
sicc- | dry |
sider/o | iron |
sigmold/o | sigmoid colon |
silic/o | silica, quartz |
sinistr/o | left |
sinus/o | sinus |
-sis | condition |
sito- | bread, food |
skeleto- | skeleton |
socio- | social, society |
somat/o | body |
-some | body |
somn/o | sleep |
son/o | sound |
-spadia | to tear, cut |
span/o | scarce |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
spasmo- | spasm |
spectr- | image |
sperm/o | sperm cells |
sperma- | sperm, seed |
sphen/o | wedge, wedge-shaped |
sphenoid/o | sphenoid (compound bone at base of skull) |
spher/o | sphere, round |
sphygmo- | pulse |
spin/o | spine |
spir/o | to breath |
splanchn/o | viscera |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra, backbone |
spongi/o | sponge-like |
spor/o | spore, seed |
squam/o | scaly |
-stabile | stable, fixed |
-stalsis | contraction |
staped/o | stapes (a middle ear bone) |
staphylo- | bunch of grapes |
-stasis | maintenance of level, prevent increase |
-stat | agent or device for keeping something from changing |
steat/o | fat |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
sterc- | feces |
stere/o | three dimensional |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
steth/o | chest |
sthen/o | strength |
stich/o | rows |
stom/o | mouth |
stoma- | mouth |
-stomy | new opening |
strat/i | layer |
strept/o | twisted |
-stroma | connective or supportive tissue of an organ |
sub- | under, below |
sud/o | sweat |
super- | above, beyond |
supra- | above, upward |
syn- | together |
synaps/o | point of contact |
syndesm/o | ligament |
synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovial joint |
syphil/o | syphilis |
syring/o | tube, pipe, fistula |
systol/o | contraction |