| sacrum |
sacr/o |
| safe, immune, immunity |
immun/o |
| saliva |
ptyal/o |
| saliva, salivary gland |
sial/o |
| salivary gland, saliva |
sial/o |
| same |
homo- |
| same, alike |
home/o |
| same, alike |
homeo- |
| same, equal |
iso- |
| scab |
eschar/o |
| scale |
squam/o |
| scaly, dry |
ichthy/o |
| scanty |
olig/o |
| scapula (shoulder blade) |
scapul/o |
| sclera (white of eye); hardening |
scler/o |
| sea |
thalass/o |
| sebaceous, sebum |
seb/o |
| sebum, sebaceous |
seb/o |
| secrete |
crin/o |
| secrete |
-crine |
| to see |
voyeur/o |
| seizure |
-lepsy |
| self, own |
auto- |
| seminal vesicle |
vesicul/o |
| separation |
sequestr/o |
| separation; destruction; loosening |
-lysis |
| septum |
sept/o |
| serum |
ser/o |
| sex glands, gonads |
gonad/o |
| sharp, quick |
oxy- |
| sheath (usually refers to meninges) |
thec/o |
| to shine; clear |
-lucent |
| short |
brachy- |
| side, to one side |
later/o |
| sigmoid colon |
sigmoid/o |
| sinus, cavity |
sin/o |
| sinus, cavity |
sinus/o |
| skin |
cutane/o |
| skin |
derm/o |
| skin |
-derma |
| skin |
dermat/o |
| sleep |
hypn/o |
| sleep |
somn/o |
| sleep; stupor; numbness |
narc/o |
| slender, thin |
lept/o |
| slipping |
-listhesis |
| slit, fissure |
-spadias |
| slow |
brady- |
| small |
micr/o |
| small |
micro- |
| small, minute |
-icle |
| small, minute |
-ole |
| small, minute |
-ula |
| small, minute |
-ule |
| small growth |
polyp/o |
| smaller, less |
mi/o |
| smell |
smell |
| smooth |
lei/o |
| smooth muscle (visceral) |
leiomy/o |
| society |
-social |
| sodium (an electrolyte) |
natr/o |
| softening |
-malacia |
| sound |
son/o |
| specialist |
-ician |
| specialist |
-ist |
| specialist in the study of |
-logist |
| speech |
-phasia |
| speech, babble |
-lalia |
| sperm cells, spermatozoa |
semin/o |
| sperm cells, spermatozoa |
sperm/i |
| sperm cells, spermatozoa |
sperm/o |
| sperm cells, spermatozoa |
sperm/o |
| spinal cord; bone marrow |
myel/o |
| spine |
rachi/o |
| spine |
spin/o |
| spitting |
-ptysis |
| spleen |
splen/o |
| split |
schiz/o |
| splitting |
-schisis |
| standing still |
-stasis |
| stapes |
staped/o |
| star |
astr/o |
| state of mental disorder, frenzy |
-mania |
| state of; condition |
-ema |
| state of; condition |
-isy |
| state of; condition |
-sis |
| to steal |
klept/o |
| sternum (breastbone) |
stern/o |
| stiffness; bent, crooked |
ankyl/o |
| stimulate |
-tropin |
| stomach |
gastr/o |
| stone, calculus |
-lith |
| stone, calculus |
lith/o |
| straight |
orth/o |
| strange, foreign |
xen/o |
| strength |
sthen/o |
| to stretch |
-tension |
| stricture, narrowing |
sten/o |
| stricture, narrowing |
-stenosis |
| stroke |
-plexy |
| structure, form, shape |
morph/o |
| structure, thing |
-um |
| structure; condition |
-us |
| study of |
log/o |
| study of |
-logy |
| stupor; numbness; sleep |
narc/o |
| sugar, sweetness |
gluc/o |
| sugar, sweetness |
glucos/o |
| sugar, sweetness |
glyc/o |
| sugar, sweetness |
glycos/o |
| sugar; pertaining to |
-ose |
| superior; above; excessive |
supra- |
| surgical fracture; to break |
-clasia |
| surgical fracture; to break |
-clasis |
| surgical puncture |
-centesis |
| surgical repair |
-plasty |
| suture |
-rrhaphy |
| swallowing, eating |
phag/o |
| swallowing, eating |
-phage |
| swallowing, eating |
-phagia |
| swayback, curve |
lord/o |
| swayback, curve |
hidr/o |
| swayback, curve |
sudor/o |
| sweetness, sugar |
gluc/o |
| sweetness, sugar |
glucos/o |
| sweetness, sugar |
glyc/o |
| sweetness, sugar |
glycos/o |
| swelling |
-edema |
| swelling (a little) |
tubercul/o |
| swelling, hernia |
-cele |
| sword |
xiph/o |
| synapsis, point of contact |
synapt/o |
| synovial fluid, synovial membrane |
synov/o |
