Medical Terminology Letter S
Medical Terminology Letter S
| TERM |
MEANING |
| sacchar/o |
sugar |
| sacr/o |
sacrum |
| salping/o |
fallopian tube |
| sangu/i, sanguin/o |
blood |
| sanit/a |
health |
| sap/o |
soap |
| sapr/o |
rotten, decay |
| sarc/o |
flesh |
| scaph/o |
boat-shaped |
| scapul/o |
scapula |
| scat/o |
feces |
| scel/o, -scelia |
leg |
| schist/o, -schisis |
split, cleft |
| schiz/o |
split, division |
| scint/i |
spark |
| scirrh/o |
hard |
| scler/o |
sclera |
| -sclerosis |
hardening |
| scolec/o |
worm |
| scoli/o |
crooked, twisted |
| -scope |
instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy |
visual examination |
| scot/o |
darkness |
| scrib/o, script/o |
to write |
| seb/o |
sebum |
| -sect |
to cut |
| secund/i |
second |
| sedat/o |
to calm |
| semi- |
half |
| semin/i |
semen |
| senil/o |
old, old age |
| sensor/i |
sensory |
| sens/o, sensat/o |
feeling, perception |
| -sepsis, septic/o |
putrefaction, putrifying |
| sept/o |
partition |
| sept-, septi- |
seven |
| ser/o |
serum, serous |
| sesqui- |
one and a half |
| sex- |
six |
| sial/o |
saliva |
| sicc/o |
to dry |
| sider/o |
iron |
| sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon |
| silic/o |
silica, quartz |
| sinistr/o |
left |
| sinus/o, sin/o |
cavity, sinus |
| sit/o |
food |
| skelet/o |
skeleton |
| soci/o |
social, society |
| sodi/o |
compound containing sodium |
| solut/o |
dissolved |
| somat/o |
body |
| -some |
body |
| somn/i, -somnia |
sleep |
| son/o |
sound |
| span/o |
scanty, scarce |
| -spasm, spasm/o |
involuntary contraction |
| spectr/o |
image, spectrum |
| sperm/o, spermat/o |
spermatozoa |
| sphen/o |
wedge, sphenoid bone |
| spher/o |
round, sphere |
| sphygm/o |
pulse |
| -sphyxia |
pulse |
| spin/o |
spinal cord, spine |
| spir/o |
breathe |
| splanchn/o |
viscera |
| splen/o |
spleen |
| spondyl/o |
vertebrae, spinal column |
| spongi/o |
spongelike, spongy |
| spor/o |
spore, seed |
| squam/o |
squamous, scales |
| -stabile |
stable, fixed |
| stahyl/o |
uvula, grape like clusters |
| -stalsis |
contraction |
| staped/o |
stapes |
| -stasis |
standing still, standing |
| -stat |
device/instrument for keeping something stationary |
| steat/o |
fat |
| -stenosis, sten/o |
narrowed, constricted |
| stere/o |
solid, three dimensional |
| steril/o |
barren |
| stern/o |
sternum |
| steth/o |
chest |
| sthen/o, -sthenia |
strength |
| stich/o, -stichia |
rows |
| stigmat/o |
mark, point |
| stomat/o |
mouth |
| -stomy |
surgical opening |
| strat/i |
layer |
| strept/o |
twisted, curved |
| strict/o |
to tighten, bind |
| -stroma |
supporting tissue of an organ |
| stroph/o |
twisted |
| sub- |
under, beneath |
| succ/o |
juice |
| suct/o |
to suck |
| sud/o |
sweat |
| sulc/o |
furrow, groove |
| super- |
above, beyond |
| supra- |
above, beyond |
| suspend/o, suspens/o |
to hang up, suspend |
| symptom/o |
occurrence |
| sym-, syn- |
with, together |
| synaps/o, synapt/o |
point of contact, to join |
| syndesm/o |
ligament, connective tissue |
| synov/o |
synovia, synovial membrane |
| syphil/o |
syphilis |
| syring/o |
tube, fistula |
| system/o |
system |
| systol/o |
contraction |
