Medical Terminology Py- (o) through Sinistr- (o)

-rrhexis

rupture of, bursting

-scopy

visual examination or observation

retro-

backward, behind

sanguin- (o)

blood

sarc- (o)

cancer (connective tissue type)

-sclerosis

dryness or hardness

-rrhea

flow, discharge

quad- (ra, ri)

four

semi-

half, part

scler- (o)

hardening

pyr- (o)

heat, fever

-scope

instrument for viewing

ren- (o)

kidney

sinistr- (o)

left

rhin- (o)

nose, pertaining to the nose

pyel- (o)

pelvis of kidney

sep- (ti, tic)

poison, rot, infection

Py- (o)

pus

radi- (o)

radiation, x-rays

rect- (o)

rectum

rrhagia

sudden or excessive flow

-rrhaphy

suture, sewing the gap

-sect

to cut

salping- (i, o)

tube, fallopian tube

-sarcoma

tumor, cancer