Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes for Medical Terms P

Question 1

Prefix

pachy-

Greek

Answer 1

thick

Question 1

Combing Form/Root

palat/o

Latin

Answer 1

roof of mouth

Question 2

Combing Forms/Roots

pall/o or pallid/o

Latin

Answer 2

pale

Question 3

Combing Form/Root

palliat/o

Latin

Answer 3

hidden

Question 4

Combing Form/Root

palm/o

Latin

Answer 4

caudal surface of the manus (front paw) including the carpus

Question 5

Combing Form/Root

palpat/o

Latin

Answer 5

to touch

Question 6

Combing Form/Root

palpebr/o

Latin

Answer 6

eyelid

Question 7

Combing Form/Root

palpit/o

Latin

Answer 7

throbbing

Question 8

Prefix

pan-

Greek

Answer 8

all, entire, or every

Question 9

Combing Form/Root

pancreat/o

Latin

Answer 9

pancreas

Question 10

Combing Forms/Roots

palpill/o or papill/i

Latin

Answer 10

nipplelike

Question 11

Combing Form/Root

papul/o

Latin

Answer 11

pimple

Question 13

Combing Form/Root

par/o

Latin + Greek

Answer 13

apart from, beside, near, or abnormal; also reproductive labor

Question 14

Prefix

para-

Greek

Answer 14

apart from, beside, near, rear in quadrupeds, or abnormal

Question 15

Suffix

-para

Latin

Answer 15

to bear or bring forth

Question 16

Combing Forms/Roots

paralys/o or paralyt/o

Greek

Answer 16

to disable

Question 17

Combing Form/Root

parasit/o

Greek

Answer 17

near food

Question 18

Combing Form/Root

parathyroid/o

Greek

Answer 18

parathyroid glands

Question 19

Suffix

-paresis

Latin + Greek

Answer 19

weakness

Question 20

Combing Forms/Roots

paret/o or pares/i

Latin + Greek

Answer 20

to disable

Question 21

Combing Form/Root

pariet/o

Latin

Answer 21

wall

Question 22

Combing Form/Root

parotid/o

Greek

Answer 22

parotid gland

Question 23

Combing Form/Root

paroxysm/o

Greek

Answer 23

sudden attack

Question 24

# Combing Forms/Roots part/o or parturit/o | Latin

Answer 24

birth or labor

Question 25

# Suffix -partum | Latin

Answer 25

birth or labor

Question 26

# Combing Forms/Roots patell/a or patell/o | Latin

Answer 26

patella

Question 27

# Combing Form/Root path/o | Greek

Answer 27

disease

Question 28

# Suffix -pathic | Greek

Answer 28

pertaining to disease

Question 29

# Suffix -pathy | Greek

Answer 29

disease

Question 30

# Combing Form/Root paus/o | Latin

Answer 30

stopping

Question 31

# Combing Form/Root pector/o | Latin

Answer 31

chest

Question 32

# Combing Form/Root ped/o | Latin

Answer 32

foot

Question 33

# Combing Forms/Roots ped/o or pedi/a | Greek

Answer 33

child

Question 34

# Combing Form/Root pedicul/o | Latin

Answer 34

louse

Question 35

# Combing Forms/Roots pelv/o or pelv/i | Latin + Greek

Answer 35

hip bone or pelvis

Question 36

# Combing Form/Root pen/i | Latin

Answer 36

penis

Question 37

# Suffix -penia | Greek

Answer 37

deficiency or reduction in number

Question 38

# Prefixes pent- or penta- | Greek

Answer 38

five

Question 39

# Combing Forms/Roots pept/o or peps/i | Latin + Greek

Answer 39

digestion

Question 40

# Prefix per- | Latin

Answer 40

excessive or through

Question 41

# Combing Form/Root percept/o | Latin

Answer 41

to become aware

Question 42

# Combing Form/Root percussi/o | Latin

Answer 42

to tap or beat

Question 43

# Prefix peri- | Greek

Answer 43

around or surrounding

Question 44

# Combing Form/Root perine/o | Greek

Answer 44

membrane lining the abdominal cavity and its organs | peritoneum

Question 45

# Combing Form/Root perme/o | Latin

Answer 45

to pass through

Question 46

# Combing Form/Root pernici/o | Latin

Answer 46

destructive or harmful

Question 47

# Combing Form/Root perone/o | Latin

Answer 47

fibular

Question 48

# Combing Form/Root pertuss/i | Latin

Answer 48

intense cough

Question 49

# Combing Form/Root petchi/o | Latin

Answer 49

skin spot

Question 50

# Suffix -pexy | Greek

Answer 50

-pexy

Question 51

# Combing Forms/Roots phac/o or phak/o | Greek

Answer 51

lens of the eye

Question 52

# Combing Form/Root and Suffix phag/o or -phagia | Greek

Answer 52

eating or swallowing

Question 53

# Suffix -phage | Greek

Answer 53

one that eats

Question 54

# Combing Form/Root phalang/o | Greek

Answer 54

phalanges

Question 55

# Combing Form/Root phall/o | Greek

Answer 55

penis

Question 56

# Combing Form/Root pharmac/o | Greek

Answer 56

drug

Question 57

# Combing Form/Root pharyng/o | Greek

Answer 57

throat | pharynx

Question 58

# Combing Form/Root phe/o | Greek

Answer 58

dusky

Question 59

# Combing Form/Root pher/o | Greek

Answer 59

to bear or carry

Question 60

# Suffix -pheresis | Greek

Answer 60

removal

Question 61

# Combing Form/Root phil/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 61

love or affection to

Question 62

# Suffix -philia | Latin + Greek

Answer 62

attraction for or increase in numbers

Question 63

# Combing Form/Root phim/o | Greek

Answer 63

muzzling or constriction of an oriface

Question 64

# Combing Form/Root phleb/o | Greek

Answer 64

vein

Question 65

# Combing Form/Root phlegm/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 65

thick mucus

Question 66

# Combing Form/Root phob/o | Greek

Answer 66

fear

Question 67

# Combing Form/Root phon/o | Greek

Answer 67

sound or voice

Question 68

# Suffix -phonia | Greek

Answer 68

sound or voice

Question 69

# Combing Form/Root phor/o | Greek

Answer 69

carry or movement

Question 70

# Suffix -phoresis | Greek

Answer 70

carrying or transmission

Question 71

# Suffix -phoria | Greek

Answer 71

to bear, feeling, or mental state

Question 72

# Combing Form/Root phot/o | Greek

Answer 72

light

Question 73

# Combing Form/Root phren/o | Greek

Answer 73

driaphram

Question 74

# Suffix -phylactic | Greek

Answer 74

protective or preventive

Question 75

# Suffix -phylaxis | Greek

Answer 75

protection or prevention

Question 76

# Combing Forms/Roots physi/o or physic/o | Latin

Answer 76

nature

Question 77

# Suffix -physis | Greek

Answer 77

to grow

Question 78

# Suffix -phyte | Greek

Answer 78

plant

Question 79

# Combing Form/Root pigment/o | Latin

Answer 79

color

Question 80

# Combing Forms/Roots pil/o or pil/i | Latin

Answer 80

hair

Question 81

# Combing Form/Root pineal/o | Latin

Answer 81

pineal gland

Question 82

# Combing Form/Root pinn/i | Latin

Answer 82

external ear, or auricle

Question 83

# Combing Form/Root pituit/o | Latin

Answer 83

pituitary gland

Question 84

# Combing Form/Root plac/o | Greek

Answer 84

flat patch

Question 85

# Combing Form/Root placent/o | Latin

Answer 85

round, flat cake or placenta

Question 86

# Suffix -plakia | Greek

Answer 86

round, flat layer or scale

Question 87

# Combing Form/Root plan/o | Latin

Answer 87

flat

Question 88

# Combing Forms/Roots plant/o or plant/i | Latin

Answer 88

caudal surface of the pes (rear paw) including the tarsus

Question 89

# Combing Forms/Roots plas/o or plant/i | Latin

Answer 89

growth, development, formation, or mold

Question 90

# Suffix -plasia | Greek

Answer 90

formation, development, or growth

Question 91

# Suffix -plasm | Greek

Answer 91

formative material of cells

Question 92

# Combing Form/Root plasm/o | Greek

Answer 92

something formed

Question 93

# Suffix -plast | Greek

Answer 93

primitive living cell

Question 94

# Combing Form/Root plast/o | Greek

Answer 94

growth, development, or mold

Question 95

# Suffix -plasty | Greek

Answer 95

surgical repair

Question 96

# Suffixes -plegia or -plegic | Greek

Answer 96

paralysis

Question 97

# Combing Form/Root pleur/o | Greek

Answer 97

membrane lining in the lungs | pleura

Question 98

# Combing Form/Root plex/o | Latin

Answer 98

network

Question 99

# Combing Form/Root plic/o | Latin

Answer 99

fold or ridge

Question 100

# Suffix -pnea | Greek

Answer 100

breathing

Question 101

# Suffix -pneic | Greek

Answer 101

pertaining to breathing

Question 102

# Prefix pneu- | Greek

Answer 102

relating to air or lungs

Question 103

# Combing Forms/Roots pneum/o or pneumon/o | Greek

Answer 103

lung or air

Question 104

# Combing Form/Root pod/o | Greek

Answer 104

foot

Question 105

# Suffix -poiesis | Greek

Answer 105

formation

Question 106

# Combing Form/Root poikil/o | Greek

Answer 106

irregular

Question 107

# Combing Form/Root poli/o | Greek

Answer 107

gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Question 108

# Prefix polio- | Greek

Answer 108

grey matter of the brain and spinal cord

Question 109

# Prefix pollaki- | Greek

Answer 109

many times

Question 110

# Prefix poly- | Greek

Answer 110

many

Question 111

# Combing Form/Root polyp/o | Greek

Answer 111

small growth

Question 112

# Combing Form/Root pont/o | Latin

Answer 112

part of the brain | the pons

Question 113

# Combing Form/Root poplit/o | Latin

Answer 113

caudal surface of the platella

Question 114

# Combing Form/Root por/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 114

small opening | pore

Question 115

# Suffix -porosis | Greek

Answer 115

pasage or porous condition

Question 116

# Combing Form/Root port/i | Latin

Answer 116

gate or door

Question 117

# Prefix post- | Latin

Answer 117

after or behind

Question 118

# Combing Form/Root poster/o | Latin

Answer 118

toward the tail

Question 119

# Combing Form/Root potent/o | Latin

Answer 119

powerful

Question 120

# Combing Forms/Roots practic/o or pract/i | Greek

Answer 120

practice

Question 121

# Combing Form/Root prandi/o | Latin

Answer 121

meal

Question 122

# Suffix -prandial | Latin

Answer 122

meal

Question 123

# Suffix -praxia | Greek

Answer 123

action

Question 124

# Prefix pre- | Latin

Answer 124

before or in front of

Question 125

# Combing Form/Root pregn/o | Latin

Answer 125

pregnant or with offspring

Question 126

# Combing Form/Root prematur/o | Latin

Answer 126

too early

Question 127

# Combing Form/Root preputi/o | Latin

Answer 127

foreskin or prepuce

Question 128

# Combing Form/Root press/o | Latin

Answer 128

to press or draw

Question 129

# Combing Form/Root priap/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 129

penis

Question 130

# Prefix primi- | Greek

Answer 130

first

Question 131

# Prefix pro- | Latin + Greek

Answer 131

before or on behalf of

Question 132

# Combing Form/Root process/o | Latin

Answer 132

going forth

Question 133

# Combing Form/Root procreat/o | Latin

Answer 133

to reproduce

Question 134

# Combing Form/Root proct/o | Greek

Answer 134

anus or rectum

Question 135

# Combing Form/Root prodrom/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 135

precursor

Question 136

# Combing Form/Root product/o | Latin

Answer 136

to lead forward or yeild

Question 137

# Combing Form/Root prolaps/o | Latin

Answer 137

to fall downward or slide forward

Question 138

# Combing Form/Root prolifer/o | Latin

Answer 138

to reproduce

Question 139

# Combing Forms/Roots pron/o or pront/o | Latin

Answer 139

bent forward

Question 140

# Combing Form/Root prostat/o | Greek

Answer 140

prostate gland

Question 141

# Combing Forms/Roots prosth/o or prosthet/o | Greek

Answer 141

addition or appendage

Question 142

# Prefixes prot- or proto- | Greek

Answer 142

first

Question 143

# Combing Forms/Roots prot/o or prote/o | Greek

Answer 143

first, original, or protein

Question 144

# Combing Form/Root proxim/o | Latin

Answer 144

near

Question 145

# Combing Form/Root pruit/o | Latin

Answer 145

itch

Question 146

# Combing Form/Root pseud/o | Greek

Answer 146

false

Question 147

# Combing Forms/Roots psor/o or psor/i | Greek

Answer 147

itch

Question 148

# Combing Form/Root psych/o | Greek

Answer 148

mind

Question 149

# Combing Form/Root ptomat/o | Greek

Answer 149

a fall

Question 150

# Suffix -ptosis | Greek

Answer 150

drooping or sagging

Question 151

# Suffix -ptyalo | Greek

Answer 151

spit or saliva

Question 152

# Suffix -ptysis | Greek

Answer 152

spitting

Question 153

# Combing Form/Root pub/o | Latin

Answer 153

part of the hip bone | pubis

Question 154

# Combing Form/Root pubert/o | Latin

Answer 154

adult

Question 155

# Combing Form/Root pudend/o | Latin

Answer 155

pudendum

Question 156

# Combing Form/Root puerper/i | Latin

Answer 156

labor

Question 157

# Combing Forms/Roots pulm/o or pulmon/o | Latin

Answer 157

lung

Question 158

# Combing Form/Root pulpos/o | Latin

Answer 158

fleshy or pulpy

Question 159

# Combing Form/Root puls/o | Latin

Answer 159

beating

Question 160

# Combing Form/Root punct/o | Latin

Answer 160

sting, puncture, or little hole

Question 161

# Combing Form/Root pupill/o | Latin

Answer 161

pupil of the eye

Question 162

# Combing Form/Root pur/o | Latin

Answer 162

pus

Question 163

# Combing Form/Root purpur/o | Latin

Answer 163

purple

Question 164

# Combing Form/Root pustul/o | Latin

Answer 164

blister

Question 165

# Combing Form/Root py/o | Greek

Answer 165

pus

Question 166

# Combing Form/Root pyel/o | Greek

Answer 166

renal pelvis

Question 167

# Combing Form/Root pylor/o | Greek

Answer 167

gatekeeper or pylorus

Question 168

# Combing Forms/Roots pyr/o or pyret/o | Greek

Answer 168

fever or fire

Question 169

# Combing Form/Root pyramid/o | Greek

Answer 169

pyramid-shaped