Medical Terminology Letter S

 

TERMMEANING
sacchar/osugar
sacr/osacrum
salping/ofallopian tube
sangu/i, sanguin/oblood
sanit/ahealth
sap/osoap
sapr/orotten, decay
sarc/oflesh
scaph/oboat-shaped
scapul/oscapula
scat/ofeces
scel/o, -scelialeg
schist/o, -schisissplit, cleft
schiz/osplit, division
scint/ispark
scirrh/ohard
scler/osclera
-sclerosishardening
scolec/oworm
scoli/ocrooked, twisted
-scopeinstrument for visual examination
-scopyvisual examination
scot/odarkness
scrib/o, script/oto write
seb/osebum
-sectto cut
secund/isecond
sedat/oto calm
semi-half
semin/isemen
senil/oold, old age
sensor/isensory
sens/o, sensat/ofeeling, perception
-sepsis, septic/oputrefaction, putrifying
sept/opartition
sept-, septi-seven
ser/oserum, serous
sesqui-one and a half
sex-six
sial/osaliva
sicc/oto dry
sider/oiron
sigmoid/osigmoid colon
silic/osilica, quartz
sinistr/oleft
sinus/o, sin/ocavity, sinus
sit/ofood
skelet/oskeleton
soci/osocial, society
sodi/ocompound containing sodium
solut/odissolved
somat/obody
-somebody
somn/i, -somniasleep
son/osound
span/oscanty, scarce
-spasm, spasm/oinvoluntary contraction
spectr/oimage, spectrum
sperm/o, spermat/ospermatozoa
sphen/owedge, sphenoid bone
spher/oround, sphere
sphygm/opulse
-sphyxiapulse
spin/ospinal cord, spine
spir/obreathe
splanchn/oviscera
splen/ospleen
spondyl/overtebrae, spinal column
spongi/ospongelike, spongy
spor/ospore, seed
squam/osquamous, scales
-stabilestable, fixed
stahyl/ouvula, grape like clusters
-stalsiscontraction
staped/ostapes
-stasisstanding still, standing
-statdevice/instrument for keeping something stationary
steat/ofat
-stenosis, sten/onarrowed, constricted
stere/osolid, three dimensional
steril/obarren
stern/osternum
steth/ochest
sthen/o, -stheniastrength
stich/o, -stichiarows
stigmat/omark, point
stomat/omouth
-stomysurgical opening
strat/ilayer
strept/otwisted, curved
strict/oto tighten, bind
-stromasupporting tissue of an organ
stroph/otwisted
sub-under, beneath
succ/ojuice
suct/oto suck
sud/osweat
sulc/ofurrow, groove
super-above, beyond
supra-above, beyond
suspend/o, suspens/oto hang up, suspend
symptom/ooccurrence
sym-, syn-with, together
synaps/o, synapt/opoint of contact, to join
syndesm/oligament, connective tissue
synov/osynovia, synovial membrane
syphil/osyphilis
syring/otube, fistula
system/osystem
systol/ocontraction