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Word Unit: suad-, suas-, suav- (Latin: suavis, "sweet"; suadere, "to advise"; "to make something pleasant to, to present in a pleasing manner"; hence "to recommend, to advise").

Word Unit: sub- (Latin: under, below [suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-]; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: subter- (Latin: under, beneath, secretly, less than; formed from sub-).

Word Unit: succ-, succi- (Latin: sap).

Word Unit: sucho-, -suchus (Greek: crocodile; Egyptian name for crocodile).

Word Unit: sudor-, sudo-, sudori-, suda- sud- (Greek > Latin: sweat, sweating; perspire, perspiring).

Word Unit: suffoco-, suffoc- (Latin: choke, stifle, strangle).

Word Unit: sug-, sugo-, -sugia + (Latin: to suck, sucking).

Word Unit: sui- (Latin: self, of oneself).

Word Unit: Suicides for Family Honor ("Virgin suicides" forced on young women in Turkey).

Word Unit: sulc-, sulco- (Latin: furrow, groove; trench).

Word Unit: sum (Latin: highest, topmost, chief point).

Word Unit: super-, supra-, sur- + (Latin: above, over, more than; excessive).

Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units: epi-; hyper-; ultra-, ult-.

Word Unit: supin- + (Latin: lying on the back; going back; from supinus).

Word Unit: suppurant-, suppura- + (Latin: to fester, to form matter; forming or discharging pus).

Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); puro- (pus); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); pustu- (blister, pimple); putre- (rotten, decayed); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); tabe- (wasting away, decaying).

Word Unit: surd-, -surd + (Latin: surdus, unheard, silent, dull; deaf).

Word Unit: surg-, sur- (Latin: to raise, to erect; to rise).

Word Unit: sutur-, sutu- + (Latin: sew, stitch).

Word Unit: syco- (Greek > Latin: fig).

Word Unit: sylv-, silv-, -sylvia, -silvia (Latin: woods, forest).

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