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‐rrhoea
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flowing, discharge
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diarrhoea
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‐rupt
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break or burst
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erupt, interrupt
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salping(o)‐
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of or pertaining to tubes, e.g. Fallopian tubes
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salpingectomy, salpingopharyngeus muscle
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sangui‐, sanguine‐
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of or pertaining to blood
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exsanguination
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sarco‐
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muscular, flesh‐like
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sarcoma
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scler(o)‐
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hard
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scleroderma
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‐sclerosis
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hardening
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atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis
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scoli(o)‐
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twisted
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scoliosis
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‐scope
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instrument for viewing
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otoscope
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‐scopy
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use of instrument for viewing
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endoscopy
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semi‐
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one‐half, partly
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semiconscious
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sial(o)‐
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saliva, salivary gland
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sialagogue
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sigmoid(o)‐
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sigmoid, S‐shaped curvature
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sigmoid colon
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sinistr(o)‐
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left, left side
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sinistrocardia
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sinus‐
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of or pertaining to the sinus
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sinusitis
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somat(o)‐,somatico‐
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body, bodily
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somatic
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‐spadias
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slit, fissure
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hypospadias, epispadias
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spasmo‐
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spasm
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spasmodic dysphonia
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sperma(to)‐, spermo‐
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semen, spermatozoa
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spermatogenesis
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splen(o)‐
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spleen
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splenectomy
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spondyl(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra
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spondylitis
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squamos(o)‐
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denoting something as ‘full of scales’ or ‘scaly’
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squamous cell
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‐stalsis
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contraction
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peristalsis
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‐stasis
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stopping, standing
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cytostasis, homeostasis
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‐staxis
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dripping, trickling
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epistaxis
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‐stenosis
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abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure
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restenosis, stenosis
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stomat(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the mouth
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stomatogastric, stomatognathic system
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‐stomy
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creation of an opening
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colostomy
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sub‐
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beneath
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subcutaneous tissue
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super‐
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in excess, above, superior
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superior vena cava
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supra‐
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above, excessive
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supraorbital vein
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tachy‐
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denoting something as fast, irregularly fast
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tachycardia
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‐tension, ‐tensive
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pressure
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hypertension
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tetan‐
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rigid, tense
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tetanus
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thec‐
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case, sheath
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intrathecal
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therap‐
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treatment
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hydrotherapy, therapeutic
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therm(o)‐
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heat
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thermometer
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thorac(i)‐, thorac(o)‐, thoracico‐
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of or pertaining to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck
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thorax
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thromb(o)‐
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of or relating to a blood clot, clotting of blood
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