salpingo- |
| prefix
- (medicine) Pertaining to the Fallopian tubes.
| | self- |
| prefix
- of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- automatic
| sesqui- |
| prefix - One and a half
- In a ratio of 3 to 2
| sex- |
| prefix - Form of sexa- used before a vowel.
| | Sino- |
| prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- Of or connected with China; Chinese.
- In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet rivalry also spread to Africa and the Middle East.
| | step- |
| prefix
- A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent. See stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, stepson, stepdaughter, and stepchild.
| | stereo- |
| prefix
- Something having three-dimensional characteristics
| sub- |
| prefix
- under, beneath (examples: subterranean, submarine)
- subsidiary, secondary (example: subplot)
- almost, nearly (example: subhuman)
| sulf- |
| prefix
- (chemistry) A form of sulfo- used before a vowel.
| sulph- |
| prefix - (chemistry) UK spelling of sulf-.
| super- |
| prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- above, over, or upon
- superior in size, quality, number, degree, status, title, or position
- inclusive
| supra- |
| prefix
- above, over, on top
- greater than, transcending
| syl- |
| prefix - with, together, co-, com-.
| sym- |
| prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- variant of syn-, used before labials
| syn- |
| prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- identical
- synonym
- with, together
- synchronised swimming
- concomitant
- synesthesia
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