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A&P Word Forms Set 4
Foreign Word RPSC Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -phylaxis | a guard; prophylaxis |
| physio- | nature; physiology |
| -plasia | formation; dysplasia |
| platy- | flat; platysma |
| -plegia | a blow, paralysis; paraplegia |
| -plexy | to strike; apoplexy |
| pneum- | air; pneumotaxic center |
| pod-/podo- | foot; podocyte |
| -poiesis | making; hemopoiesis |
| poly- | many; polysaccharide |
| post- | after; postanal |
| pre- | before; precapillary sphincter |
| presby- | old; presbyopia |
| pro- | before; prophase |
| procto- | anus; proctology |
| pterygo- | wing; pterygoid |
| pulmo- | lung; pulmonary |
| pulp- | flesh; pulpitis |
| pyel- | trough or pelvis; pyelitis |
| quadr- | one quarter; quadriplegia |
| re- | back, again; reinfection |
| retro- | backward; retroperitoneal |
| rhin- | nose; rhinitis |
| -rrhage | to burst forth;hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge; amenorrhea |
| sacro- | flesh; sacromere |
| scler-/sclero- | hard; sclera |
| -scope | to view; coloscope |
| -sect | to cut; transect |
| semi- | half; semitendinosus |
| -septic | putrid; antiseptic |
| -sis | state or condition; metastasis |
| som-/-some | body; somatic |
| spino- | spine, vertebral column; spinothalamic pathway |
| stalsis- | contractile; peristalsis |
| sten- | a narrowing; stenosis |
| -stomy | mouth, opening; colostomy |
| stylo- | stake, pole; styloid process |
| sub- | below; subcutaneous |
| super- | above or beyond; superficial |
| supra- | on the upper side; supraspinous fossa |
| syn- | together; synthesis |
| tachy- | swift; tachycardia |
| telo- | end; telophase |
| tatra- | four; tetralogy of Fallot |
| therm-/thermo- | heat; thermoregulation |
| thorac- | chest; thoracentesis |
| thromb- | clot; thrombocyte |
| -tomy | to cut; appendectomy |
| tox- | poison; toxemia |
| trans- | through; transudate |
| tri- | three; trimester |
| tropho- | nutrition; trophoblast |
| trophy- | nourishment; atrophy |
| -tropic | turning; adrenocorticotropic |
| tropo- | turning; troponin |
| uni- | one; unicellular |
| uro-/-uria | urine; glycosuria |
| vas- | vessel; vascular |
| zyg- | yoke; zygote |