salping/o
Word root Medical Terminology
Tube, especially the fallopian (uterine) tube or the eustachian tube.
Example: salpingitis (inflammation of a fallopian tube)
Related terms
- pyel/oRenal pelvis, the funnel-shaped part of the kidney that collects urine.
- pyr/oFever or fire.
- rect/oRectum.
- retin/oRetina, the light-sensing layer at the back of the eye.
- sarc/oFlesh or connective tissue.
- scler/oHard; also the sclera (white of the eye).
- scoli/oCrooked or twisted.
- sial/oSaliva or salivary gland.
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