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Elliott P,Q,R Terms
PQR Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |