Question 1

rhea-

Accepted Answer

flow or gush (e.g., amenorrhea, galactorrhea)

Question 2

rupt-

Accepted Answer

burst (e.g., ruptured appendix)

Question 3

sacchar-

Accepted Answer

sugar (e.g., monosaccharides)

Question 4

sarco-

Accepted Answer

flesh (e.g., sarcoplasm, sarcolemma)

Question 5

sat-

Accepted Answer

enough (e.g., saturated)

Question 6

scend-

Accepted Answer

climb (e.g., ascend, descend)

Question 7

scler-

Accepted Answer

hard (e.g., sclera, sclerotic veins, scleroderma)

Question 8

-sclerosis

Accepted Answer

hardening (e.g., multiple sclerosis)

Question 9

-scope

Accepted Answer

instrument used for visual examination (e.g., gastroscope)

Question 10

-scopy

Accepted Answer

visual examination (e.g., colonoscopy)

Question 11

sect-

Accepted Answer

cut (e.g., dissect, transect, bisect)

Question 12

semi-

Accepted Answer

half (e.g., semilunar valves, semicircular canal)

Question 13

-sepsis

Accepted Answer

infection (e.g., urosepsis)

Question 14

sept-

Accepted Answer

poison, from rot (e.g., septic, septicemia)

Question 15

somat-

Accepted Answer

body (e.g., somatic cells)

Question 16

-spasm

Accepted Answer

sudden involuntary muscle contraction (e.g., muscle spasm)

Question 17

spir-

Accepted Answer

breathe (e.g., respiration, spirometer)

Question 18

squam-

Accepted Answer

scale (e.g., squamous epithelium)

Question 19

stasis-

Accepted Answer

standing still (e.g., homeostasis)

Question 20

strat-

Accepted Answer

layer (e.g., pseudostratified columnar epithelium)

Question 21

sub-

Accepted Answer

under or below (e.g., subarachnoid space, subclavian artery)

Question 22

super-

Accepted Answer

over or above (e.g., superior vena cava)

Question 23

syn-

Accepted Answer

together or joined (e.g., synthesis, syndrome)

Question 24

systol-

Accepted Answer

contraction (e.g., systole, systolic pressure)

Question 25

tachy-

Accepted Answer

rapid (e.g., tachycardia)

Question 26

tact-

Accepted Answer

touch (e.g., tactile)

Question 27

tend-

Accepted Answer

stretch (e.g., tendon)

Question 28

tetra-

Accepted Answer

four (e.g., tetracycline, tetraiodothyronine)

Question 29

thromb-

Accepted Answer

clot (e.g., thrombocyte, thrombolytic agent)

Question 30

thyr-

Accepted Answer

thyroid gland (e.g., thyroidectomy)

Question 31

-tomy

Accepted Answer

cutting (e.g., anatomy, appendectomy)

Question 32

tox-

Accepted Answer

poison (e.g., toxicology)

Question 33

trans-

Accepted Answer

through, across, beyond (e.g., transfusion, transmission)

Question 34

tri-

Accepted Answer

three (e.g., triglyceride, triiodothyronine)

Question 35

uni-

Accepted Answer

one (e.g., unipolar neurons)

Question 36

ventr-

Accepted Answer

belly or stomach (e.g., ventricle, ventral view)

Question 37

vill-

Accepted Answer

hair (e.g., villi, microvilli)

Anatomy & Physiology Prefixes and Suffixes

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