Medical terms (S,T,U,W)

ser/o

serum, serous

seven

hepta-, sept-, septisial/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

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

-ule

little; small

uln/o

ulna (middle lower arm bone)

ul/o

scar, scarring

ultra-

beyond; excess