Lesson 8: Prefixes and Suffixes P through Z

Question 1

pachy/pachycephalic

Answer 1

thick/abnormal thickness of the skull

Question 2

para/paralgia

Answer 2

near; departure from the norm/abnormal pain

Question 3

path/pathology

Answer 3

disease/study of disease

Question 4

penia/cytopenia

Answer 4

deficiency/lack of cellular elements in the blood

Question 5

peri/pericardium

Answer 5

around/around the heart

Question 6

pexy/retinopexy

Answer 6

fixation; suspension/surgical repair of a detached retina

Question 7

phobia/hydrophobia

Answer 7

fear of/fear of water

Question 8

phoresis/diaphoresis

Answer 8

transmission/perspiration, transmission of sweat

Question 9

plasty/orthoplasty

Answer 9

plastic surgical correction/surgical straightening

Question 10

plegia/paraplegia

Answer 10

paralysis; stroke/paralysis from the waist down

Question 11

poly/polyarthritis

Answer 11

many/arthritis in numerous joints

Question 12

post/postmortem

Answer 12

after/after death

Question 13

pre/preoperative (pre-op)

Answer 13

before/before surgery

Question 14

pro/proglossis

Answer 14

in front of; on behalf of/tip of the tongue

Question 15

pseudo/pseudodipsia

Answer 15

false/false thirst

Question 16

ptosis/mastoptosis

Answer 16

falling/sagging of the breast

Question 17

re/reflex

Answer 17

back, again/flex response to stimulation

Question 18

retro/retroflexed

Answer 18

backward/bent backward, posterior

Question 19

rrhaphy/cariorrhaphy

Answer 19

suture/suturing of the heart

Question 20

rhexis/angiorrhexis

Answer 20

rupture/ruptured blood vessel

Question 21

scopy/bronchoscopy

Answer 21

exam/bronchus exam

Question 22

semi/semicomatose

Answer 22

half/half-conscious

Question 23

sphygmo/sphygmomanometer

Answer 23

pulse/pulse meter

Question 24

sub/sublingual

Answer 24

below/under the tongue

Question 25

sym, syn/symbiotic

Answer 25

together/dependent on one another

Question 26

tachy/tachycardia

Answer 26

swift, fast/rapid heart rate

Question 27

tele/telemetry

Answer 27

distance/distance signal monitor interpretation

Question 28

toxo/toxicoderma

Answer 28

toxic, poison/skin disease caused by poison

Question 29

trans/transfusion

Answer 29

across/transfer of blood into an individual

Question 30

tri/tricuspid

Answer 30

three/three cusps

Question 31

ultra/ultrasonic

Answer 31

above/high frequency sound

Question 32

uni/uniocular

Answer 32

one/having one working eye

Question 33

xeno/xenograft

Answer 33

foreign/a fraft from one species to another

Question 34

xero/xerochilia

Answer 34

dry/dry lips