| sacr/o |
sacrum |
| salping/o |
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube) |
| -salpinx |
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tube) |
| sarc/o |
flesh (connective tissue) |
| -sarcoma |
malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| scapul/o |
scapula (shoulder blade) |
| -schisis |
a splitting |
| schiz/o |
split |
| scler/o |
hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| scoli/o |
crooked, bent |
| -scope |
instrument for examining |
| -scopy |
visual examination |
| scot/o |
darkness |
| seb/o |
sebum, sebaceous |
| semi- |
one half |
| semin/o |
semen; seed |
| semin/i |
semen; seed |
| sept/o |
septum |
| sequestr/o |
separation |
| ser/o |
serum |
| sial/o |
saliva, salivary gland |
| sider/o |
iron |
| sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon |
| silic/o |
flint |
| sin/o |
sinus, cavity |
| sinus/o |
sinus, cavity |
| -sis |
state of; condition |
| -social |
society |
| somat/o |
body |
| somn/o |
sleep |
| son/o |
sound |
| -spadias |
slit, fissure |
| -spasm |
involuntary contraction, twitching |
| sperm/i |
spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| sperm/o |
spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| spermat/o |
spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| sphygm/o |
pulse |
| -sphyxia |
pulse |
| spin/o |
spine |
| spir/o |
breathe |
| splen/o |
spleen |
| spondyl/o |
vertebrae (backbone) |
| squam/o |
scale |
| staped/o |
stapes |
| -stasis |
standing still |
| steat/o |
fat |
| sten/o |
narrowing, stricture |
| -stenosis |
narrowing, stricture |
| stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
| steth/o |
chest |
| sthen/o |
strength |
| stigmat/o |
point, mark |
| stomat/o |
mouth |
| -stomy |
forming an opening (mouth) |
| sub- |
under, below |
| sudor/o |
sweat |
| super- |
upper, above |
| super/o |
upper, above |
| supra- |
above; excessive; superior |
| sym- |
union, together, joined |
| syn- |
union, together, joined |
| synapt/o |
synapsis, point of contact |
| synov/o |
synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
