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Prefixes P-Z
Medical Term.
Question | Answer |
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thick; abnormal thickness in skull | pachy; pachycephalic |
near, departure from the norm; abnormal pain | para; paralgia |
disease; study of disease | path; pathology |
deficiency; lack of cellular elements in the blood | penia; cytopenia |
around; around the heart | peri; pericardium |
fixation, suspension; surgical repair of detached retina | pexy; retinopexy |
fear of; fear of water | phobia; hydrophobia |
transmission; perspiration, transmission of sweat | phoresis; diaphoresis |
plastic surgical correction; surgical straightening | plasty; orthoplasty |
paralysis, stroke; paralysis from the waist down | plegia; paraplegia |
many; arthritis in numerous joints | poly; polyarthritis |
after; after death | post; postmortem |
before; before surgery | pre; preoperative |
in front of, on behalf of; tip of the tongue | pro; proglossis |
false; false thirst | pseudo; pseudodipsia |
falling; sagging breast (a/k/a Cooper's Droop) | ptosis; mastoptosis |
back, again; flex response to stimulation | re; reflex |
back; bent backward, posterior | retro; retroflexed |
suture; suturing of the heart | rrhaphy; cardiorraphy |
rupture; ruptured blood vessel | rhexis; angiorrhexis |
exam; bronchus exam | scopy; bronchoscopy |
half; half-conscious | semi; semicomatose |
pulse; pulse meter | sphygmo; sphygmomanometer |
below; under the tongue | sub; sublingual |
above; highly severe | super, supra; superacute |
together; dependent on one another | sym, syn; symbiotic |
swift/fast; rapid heart beat | tachy; tachycardia |
distance; distance signal monitor interpretation | tele; telemetry |
toxic, poison; skin disease caused by poison | toxo; toxicoderma |
across; transfer of blood into an individual | trans; transfusion |
three; three cusps | tri; tricuspid |
above; high frequency sound | ultra; ultrasonic |
one; having one working eye | uni; uniocular |
foreign; a graft from one species to another | xeno; xenograft |
dry; dry lips | xero; xerochilia |