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Elliott STUVXZ
Question | Answer |
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salping-(i,o) | tube fallopian tube |
sanguin-(o) | blood |
sarc-(o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
-sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
scler-(o) | hardening |
-sclerosis | dryness or hardening |
-scope | examining instrument |
-scopy | observation |
-sect | cut |
semi- | half, part |
sep-(ti, tic) | poison, rot, infection |
sinistr-(o) | left |
soma-(t, to) | body |
son-(o) | sound |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
sperm-(ato) | spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell |
splen-(o) | spleen |
-stasis | stoppage, maintaining a constant level |
steno- | contracted, narrow |
stern-(o) | sternum, breast bone |
stoma-(t) | mouth |
stomy | artificial opening |
sub- | less, under, below |
sup-(er, ra) | above, upon, over, higher in position |
sym-,syn- | joined, fused, together |
tach-(o, y) | rapid, fast |
ten- (do, don, o) | tendon |
tetra- | four |
-therapy | treatment |
therm-(o, y) | heat |
thorac-(o) | thorax, chest |
thromb-(o) | clot, thrombus |
thym-(o) | thymus gland |
thyr-(o, oid) | thyroid gland |
-tome | instrument that cuts |
-tox (ic) | poison |
trach-(i,e, o) | trachea, windpipe |
trans- | across, over, beyond |
tri- | three |
trich-(o) | hair |
-trips (y) | crushing by rubbing or grinding |
-trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
tympan-(o) | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |
ur-(in, o) | urine, urinary tract |
ureter-(o) | ureter (tube from kidney to bladder) |
urethr-(o) | urethra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus) |
-uria | urine |
uter-(o) | uterus, womb |
vas-(o) | vessel, duct |
ven-(a) | vein |
ventro- | to the front, abdomen |
vertebr-(o) | spinr, vertebrae |
vesic-(o) | urinary bladder |
viscer-(o) | internal, organs |
vit-(a) | necessary for life |
xanth-(o) | yellow |
-xen (ia, a) | strange, abnormal |
zoo- | animal |
zymo- | enzymes |