Prefixes, Suffixes & Combining Forms 6

Question 1

ox-

Answer 1

oxygen

Question 2

oxy-

Answer 2

sharp; keen; acute; acid; pungent; oxygen in a compund

Question 3

pach-, pachy-

Answer 3

thick

Question 4

-pagus

Answer 4

twins joined at a specific site

Question 5

pali-, palin-

Answer 5

recurrence; repetition

Question 6

pan-

Answer 6

all; entire

Question 7

pant-, panto-

Answer 7

all or the whole of something

Question 8

papulo

Answer 8

pimple; papule

Question 9

para-, -para

Answer 9

Prefix: near; alongside of; Suffix: bearing offspring

Question 10

patell-, patello-

Answer 10

patella; kneecap

Question 11

path-, patho-, -path, -pathic, -pathy

Answer 11

disease; suffering

Question 12

ped-, pedi-, pedo-

Answer 12

foot

Question 13

pedia-

Answer 13

child

Question 14

pedicul-, pediculo-

Answer 14

louse

Question 15

-penia

Answer 15

decrease from normal; deficiency

Question 16

pent-, penta-

Answer 16

five

Question 17

-pepsia

Answer 17

digestion

Question 18

per-

Answer 18

throughout; though; utterly; intense

Question 19

peri-

Answer 19

about; around

Question 20

perineo-

Answer 20

perineum

Question 21

peritoneo-

Answer 21

peritoneum

Question 22

pero-

Answer 22

deformed

Question 23

petro-

Answer 23

stone; the petrous portion of the temporal bone

Question 24

-pexy

Answer 24

fixation, usually surgical

Question 25

phaco-

Answer 25

lens of the eye

Question 26

phag-, phago-

Answer 26

eating; ingestion; devouring

Question 27

phalang-, phalango-

Answer 27

phlanges (bones of fingers and toes)

Question 28

phall-

Answer 28

penis

Question 29

pharmaco-

Answer 29

drug; medicine

Question 30

pharyng-, pharyngo-

Answer 30

pharynx

Question 31

-phasia

Answer 31

speech

Question 32

-phil, -philia, -philic

Answer 32

love for; tendency; toward; craving for

Question 33

phlebo-

Answer 33

vein

Question 34

-phobia

Answer 34

abnormal fear or aversion

Question 35

phono-

Answer 35

sound; voice

Question 36

-phoresis

Answer 36

transmission

Question 37

-phoria

Answer 37

in ophthalmology, a turning with reference to the visual axis

Question 38

photo-

Answer 38

light

Question 39

phren-, phreno-, -phrenia

Answer 39

mind; diaphragm

Question 40

-phylaxis

Answer 40

protection

Question 41

physico-

Answer 41

physical; natural

Question 42

physio-

Answer 42

related to nature

Question 43

physo-

Answer 43

air; gas

Question 44

phyt-, phyto-

Answer 44

plant; something that grows

Question 45

pico-

Answer 45

one trillionth

Question 46

picr-, picro-

Answer 46

bitter

Question 47

-piesis

Answer 47

pressure

Question 48

pimel-, pimelo-

Answer 48

fat

Question 49

plagio-

Answer 49

slanting; oblique

Question 50

-plakia

Answer 50

plaque

Question 51

-plasia

Answer 51

growth; cellular proliferation

Question 52

plasm-, -plasm

Answer 52

Prefix: living substance or tissue; Suffix: to mold

Question 53

-plastic

Answer 53

molded; indicates restoration of lost or badly formed features

Question 54

platy-

Answer 54

broad

Question 55

-plegia

Answer 55

paralysis; stroke

Question 56

pleur-, pleuro-

Answer 56

pleura; side; rib

Question 57

-ploid

Answer 57

chromosome pairs of a specific number

Question 58

plur-, pluri-

Answer 58

several; more

Question 59

pneo-

Answer 59

breath; breathing

Question 60

pneum-, pneuma-, pneumato-

Answer 60

air; gas; respiration

Question 61

pneumo-, pneumono-

Answer 61

air; lung

Question 62

pod-, podo-

Answer 62

foot

Question 63

-poiesis, -poietic

Answer 63

production; formation

Question 64

poikil-, poikilo-

Answer 64

varied; irregular

Question 65

polio-

Answer 65

gray matter of the nervous system

Question 66

poly-

Answer 66

much; many

Question 67

post-

Answer 67

after

Question 68

postero-

Answer 68

posterior; behind; toward the back