Monday, 5 October 2015

Medical Terminology - Root, Suffix & Prefix of the Letters S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z

S
sacchar/o                         sugar
sacr/o                                sacrum
salping/o                          fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx                             fallopian tube; oviduct
sangu/i                              blood
sanit/a                               health
sapr/o                                rotten, decay
sarc/o                                flesh (connective tissue)
scapul/o                            scapula; shoulder blade
-schisis                             to split
schist/o                             split, cleft
schiz/o                              split
sinistr/o                             left
scint/i                                 spark
scirrh/o                             hard
scler/o                               sclera (white of eye)
-sclerosis                         hardening
scolec/o                            worm
scoli/o                               crooked; bent
-scope                               instrument for visual examination
-scopy                               visual examination
scot/o                                darkness
seb/o                                 sebum
sebace/o                           sebum
sect/o                                to cut
semi-                                  half
semin/i                              semen; seed
-sepsis                              putrefaction
seps/o                               infection
sept/o                                partition
ser/o                                  serum, serous
seven                                hepta-, sept-, septi-
sial/o                                  saliva
sialaden/o                        salivary gland
sider/o                               iron
sigmoid/o                         sigmoid colon
silic/o                                 glass
sinus/o                              sinus
-sis                                     state of; condition
sit/o                                    food
six                                      hex-, hexa-, sex-
skelet/o                             skeleton
-sol                                     solution
somat/o                             body
-some                                body
somn/o                              sleep
-somnia                             sleep
son/o                                 sound
-spadia                              to tear; cut
span/o                               scanty, scarce
-spasm                              sudden contraction of muscles
spectr/o                            image, spectrum
sperm/o                            spermatozoa; sperm cells
spermat/o                         spermatozoa; sperm cells
sphen/o                            wedge; sphenoid bone
spher/o                             globe-shaped; round
sphygm/o                         pulse
-sphyxia                            pulse
splanchn/o                       viscera (internal organs)
spin/o                                spine (backbone)
spir/o                                 to breathe
splen/o                              spleen
spondyl/o                         vertebra (backbone)
squam/o                           scale
-stalsis                              contraction
staped/o                           stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o                          clusters; uvula
-stabile                              stable, fixed
-stalsis                              contraction
staped/o                           stapes
-stasis                               to stop; control; place
-stat                                    device/instrument for keeping something stationary
-static                                pertaining to stopping; controlling
steat/o                               fat; sebum
sten/o                                narrowed, constricted
-stenosis                          tightening; stricture
ster/o                                 solid structure; steroid
stere/o                               solid; three-dimensional
stern/o                               sternum (breastbone)
steth/o                               chest
-sthenia                             strength
stich/o                               rows
stigmat/o                          mark, point
-stitial                                 to set; pertaining to standing or positioned
stomat/o                           mouth
-stomia                              condition of the mouth
-stomy                               new opening (to form a mouth)
strept/o                             twisted chains
-stroma                             supporting tissue of an organ
styl/o                                  pole or stake
sub-                                   under; below
submaxill/o                      mandible (lower jaw bone)
succ/o                               juice
sud/o                                 sweat
super-                                above, beyond
-suppression                   to stop
supra-                                above; upper
sym-                                   together; with
symptom/o                       occurrence
syn-                                    together; with
synaps/o, synapt/o        point of contact, to join
syncop/o                          to cut off, cut short; faint
syndesm/o                       ligament
synov/o                             synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
syring/o                            tube
system/o                           system
systol/o                             contraction
T
tachy-                                              fast
tal/o                                                  talus
tars/o                                               tarsus; hindfoot or ankle
tauto-                                               identical, same
tax/o                                                 order; coordination
techn/o                                            skill, art
tel/o                                                  complete
tele/o                                                distant
temp/o, tempor/o                          period of time, the temples
ten                                                    deca-
ten/o                                                tendon
tendin/o                                          tendon
-tension                                          pressure
tens/o                                              stretched, strained
tephr/o                                            gray (ashen)
terat/o                                              monster; malformed fetus
test/o                                               testis
tetan/o                                             tetanus
tetra-                                                four
thalam/o                                          thalamus
thalass/o                                         sea
thanat/o                                          death
the/o                                                put; place
thec/o                                              sheath
thel/o                                               nipple
therapeut/o                                    treatment
-therapy                                          treatment
therm/o                                           heat
thorac/o                                          chest
-thorax                                            chest; pleural cavity
three                                                tri-
thromb/o                                         clot
-tropia                                              to turn
thym/o                                             thymus gland
-thymia                                            mind (condition of)
-thymic                                            pertaining to mind
thyr/o                                               thyroid gland; sheild
thyroid/o                                         thyroid gland
tibi/o                                                 tibia (shin bone)
-tic                                                    pertaining to
toc/o                                                labor; birth
-tocia                                               labor; birth (condition of)
-tocin                                               labor; birth (a substance for)
tom/o                                               to cut
-tome                                               instrument to cut
-tomy                                               process of cutting
ton/o                                                tension
tone/o                                              to stretch
tonsill/o                                           tonsil
top/o                                                place; position; location
torso                                                twisted
tox/o                                                poison
toxic/o                                             poison
trache/o                                          trachea (windpipe)
trans-                                               across; through
traumat/o                                        trauma, injury, wound
trem/o, tremul/o                            shaking, trembling
-tresia                                              opening
tri-                                                     three
trich/o                                              hair
trigon/o                                           trigone (area within the bladder)
tri/o                                                   to sort out, sorting
-tripsy                                              to crush
troph/o                                            nourishment; development
-trophy                                            nourishment; development (condition of)
-tropia                                              to turn
-tropic                                              turning
-tropin                                             stimulate; act on
tub/o                                                tube
tumesc/o, -tumescence              swelling
tympan/o                                        tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
-type                                                classification; picture
typhl/o                                             cecum, blindness
U
ule                    little; small
uln/o                 ulna (middle lower arm bone)
ul/o                   scar, scarring
ultra-                beyond; excess
-um                   structure; tissue; thing
umbilic/o         umbilicus (navel)
ungu/o             nail
uni-                   one
uran/o              palate
-uresis             urination
ur/o                   urine; urinary tract
ureter/o           ureter
urethr/o           urethra
-uria                  urination; condition of urine
uric/o               urine condition
urin/o               urine
-us                    structure; thing
uter/o               uterus (womb)
uve/o              uvea, vascu
V
vaccin/o                                          vaccine
vag/o                                               vagus nerve
vagin/o                                            vagina
valv/o                                              valve
valvul/o                                           valve
varic/o                                             varicose veins
vas/o                                               vessel; duct; vas deferens
vascul/o                                          vessel (blood)
ven/o                                               vein
ven/i                                                 vein
vener/o                                           venereal (sexual contact)
ventil/o                                            to aerate, oxygenate
ventr/o                                            belly side of body
ventricul/o                                      ventricle (of heart or brain)
venul/o                                            venule (small vein)
verm/i                                              worm
verruc/i                                           wart
-verse                                              to turn
-version                                          to turn
vers/o, -verse                                turn, turning
vertebr/o                                         vertebra (backbone)
vesic/o                                            urinary bladder
vesicul/o                                         seminal vesicle
vestibul/o                                       vestibule of the inner ear
vir/o                                                 virus
viscer/o                                           internal organs
vit/o                                                  life
vitr/o                                                vitreous body (of the eye)
vitre/o                                              glass
viv/o                                                 life
-volemia                                          blood volume
volv/o, volut/o                               to roll
vulv/o                                              vulva
W
ward                              in the direction of
-where                           location  e.g. anywhere
-wise                             direction  e.g. clockwise
with-                              together, united
X
xanth/o                                                           yellow
xen/o                                                              stranger, foreigner
xer/o                                                               dry, dryness
xiph/o or xiphi-                                             sword shaped
xylo-                                                                wood    e.g. xylum
xys-                                                                 file, scrape

Y
y              condition; process
yalos       Glass
ydor        Water
-yne        ending for alkynes
yocto-     prefix: one septillionth part of; the factor 10: yoctosecond
yoeides   U-shaped
-yl           suffix - a monovalent hydrocarbon radical e.g. ethyl
-ylene     suffix - A bivalent organic radical
yper        Above
ypo         Under
ypsi         High
ystera     Uterus

Z
zeo-            boil
zinco-         Pertaining to or containing the element zinc
zo/o            animal life
zon-            girdle, belt
zyg/o          union, junction, pair, yoke, tied together
zym/o         enzyme, ferment
-zyme         enzyme


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