Medical Terminology - retr/o- to -spasm (701-750)

retr/o-

back of, behind, backward, after

rhachi/o-

jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column

rheumat/o-

discharge or flow through

rhin/o-

nose

rhomb/o-

parallelogram or diamond shaped

rhytid/o-

wrinkles

ricketts/ia

bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts/refers to

roent/o-

x-ray

rotat/o-

to turn or swing around

-rrhythm

rhythm or contraction

rube/o-

red

rug/a-

folds

sacchar/o-

sugar

sacr/o-

saucer or sacred bone

sagitt/o-

arrow or arrow-like

saliv/o-

spit

salping/o-

tube, duct, canal

sarc/o-

fleshy

scab/o-

to itch

scapul/o-

shoulder blade

schiz/o-

split or splitting

scler/o-

hardening

scolli/o-

crooked or twisted

-scop/e

an instrument that examine or views

-scopy

to examine or view

scot/o-

darnkess

scrot/o-

sac or pouch

scurvy

to scratch

seb/o-

oil

secreto-

separating or to separate

sect/o-

to cut

semi-

half

semin/o-

seed or seed producer

senil/e-

old

sept/a-

partition or wall

sept/i-

seventh

sept/o-

poison, infection, decay, putrefy

sial/o-

saliva or spit

sider/o-

iron

silic/o-

silicon carbon particles

sin/o-

cavity

sinistr/o-

to the left or left

skelet/o-

dried up or to attach

sole-

the sole of the foot

-sol

in solution or solution

som/o-

body

somn/o-

sleep

son/o-

sound

spad/i-

to tear

-spasm

involuntary contraction