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Elliott P,Q,R Terms
PQR Terms
Question | Answer |
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pan- | all, complete, entire |
pancreat-(o) | pancreas |
para- | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
-paresis | paralysis |
-partum | birth, labor |
path-(ia, o, y) | disease, abnormal condition |
ped-(i,a) | child |
-penia | lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency. |
pent-(a) | five |
-pepsia,-pepsis | digestion |
per- | through, by, excessive |
peri- | around |
-pexy | fixiation |
phag-(o) | eat, ingest |
-phage, -phagia | to eat, consuming, swallow |
pharying-(o) | pharynx, throat |
-phas, -phasia | speech |
-philia, -philic | affinity for, attracted to |
phleb-(o) | vein |
-phobia | fear |
phon-(o) | sound, voice |
-phylaxis | protection, prevention |
-plasty | surgical correction or repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
pleuro- | side, rib |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum-(e,o) | lung, air |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | in front of, forward |
procto-(o) | rectum, anal, anus |
pseudo- | false |
psych-(i,o) | pertaining to the mind |
-ptosis | drooping down, sagging, downward displacement |
pulmon-(o) | lung |
py-(o) | pus |
pyel-(o) | renal pelvis of kidney |
pyr-(o) | heat, fever |
quad-(ra, ri) | four |
radi-(o) | radiographs(X-rays), radiation |
rect-(o) | rectum |
ren-(o) | kidney |
retro- | backward, in back, behind |
rhin-(o) | nose, pertaining to the nose |
-rraphy | suture of, sewingup of a gap or defect |
-rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture of, bursting |