Med Terms (S)

  1. sacc(i), sacc(o)
    sac
  2. sacchar(o)
    sugar
  3. saliv(o)
    saliva
  4. -salphinx
    uterine (fallopian) tube
  5. san(o)
    sound, healthy, sane
  6. sangu(i), sanguin(o)
    blood
  7. sanit(o)
    soundness, health
  8. saphen(o)
    clear, apparent, manifest
  9. sapr(o)
    decaying, rotten
  10. scalp(o)
    carve, scrape
  11. scintill(o)
    spark
  12. scirrh(o)
    hard
  13. scoli(o)
    curved, bent
  14. scot(o)
    darkness
  15. scrib(o), script(o)
    write
  16. scrot(o)
    bag or pouch
  17. secret(o)
    produce, separate out
  18. sect(o), secti(o)
    cut, cuttin
  19. segment(o)
    pieces
  20. sell(o)
    saddle
  21. sen(i)
    old
  22. senesc(o)
    grow old
  23. senil(o)
    old age
  24. sens(i)
    sensitive to, affected by
  25. ser(o)
    serum
  26. seros(o)
    serous
  27. sider(o)
    iron
  28. sigm(o)
    greek letter sigma
  29. silic(o)
    glass
  30. sin(o), sin(u)
    hollow, sinus
  31. sinistr(o)
    left, left side
  32. sit(u)
    place
  33. skelet(o)
    skeleton
  34. soci(o)
    companion, fellow being
  35. -sol
    solution
  36. solut(o), solv(o)
    loosened, dissolved
  37. somn(i), somn(o)
    sleep
  38. sopor(o)
    sleep
  39. spad(o)
    draw off, draw
  40. spec(i)
    look at, a kind of sort
  41. specul(o)
    mirrors
  42. sphen(o)
    sphenoid bone, wedge
  43. sphincter(o)
    tight band
  44. sphygm(o)
    pulse
  45. spirill(o)
    little coil
  46. spirochet(o)
    coiled microorganism
  47. spontane(o)
    unexplained, of one's own accord
  48. spor(o)
    seed, spore
  49. sput(o)
    sputum, spit
  50. squam(o)
    scale
  51. -stalsis
    contraction, constriction
  52. staped(o), stapedi(o)
    stapes (middle ear bone)
  53. steat(o)
    fat, lipid, sebum
  54. ster(o)
    solid structure
  55. stere(o)
    solid, three-dimensional
  56. steril(i)
    sterile
  57. stert(o)
    snore, snoring
  58. -esthenia
    strength
  59. stigmat(o)
    point, spot
  60. stimul(o)
    goad, prick, incite
  61. stol(o)
    send or place
  62. strab(i)
    squint, squint-eyed
  63. strat(i)
    layer
  64. striat(o)
    stripe, furrow, groove
  65. stric-
    narrowing
  66. strict(o)
    draw tightly together, bind or tie
  67. strid(o)
    harsh sound
  68. stup(e)
    benumbed, stunned
  69. styl(o)
    pen, pointed instrument
  70. sublaxat(o)
    partial dislocation
  71. sucr(o)
    sugar
  72. sudor(i)
    sweat
  73. suffoc(o), suffocat(o)
    choke, strangle
  74. sulc(o)
    furrow, groove
  75. superflu(o)
    overflowing, excessive
  76. supin(o)
    lying on the back
  77. supinat(o)
    bend backward, place on the back
  78. suppress(o)
    press down
  79. suppur(o), suppurate(o)
    to form pus
  80. -surgery
    operative procedure
  81. sutur(o)
    stitch, seam
  82. symptomat(o)
    falling together, symptom
  83. synaps(o), synapt(o)
    point of contact
  84. -syndesis
    surgical fixation of vertebrae
  85. syndesm(o)
    ligament
  86. syphil(i), synphil(o)
    syphilis
  87. syring(o)
    tube
  88. system(o), systemat(o)
    body system
  89. systol(o)
    contraction
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