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Question 1

-pagus

Answer 1

indicated conjoined twins, with the first part denoting the organs fused

Question 1

pachy-

Answer 1

thick
= pachyderm

Question 2

palpebr-

Answer 2

eyelid
= palpebra

Question 3

pan-,
pant(o)-

Answer 3

denoting something as ‘complete’ or containing ‘everything’, ‘all’
= panophobia, panopticon, pancytopenia

Question 4

papill-

Answer 4

nipple
= papillitis

Question 5

papul(o)-

Answer 5

indicates papillosity, a small elevation or swelling in the skin, a pimple, swelling
= papulation

Question 6

para-

Answer 6

alongside of
= paracyesis

Question 7

-paresis

Answer 7

slight paralysis
= hemiparesis

Question 8

parvo-

Answer 8

small
= parvovirus

Question 9

path(o)-

Answer 9

disease
= pathology

Question 10

-pathy

Answer 10

denotes a disease, or disorder
= sociopathy, neuropathy

Question 11

pauci-

Answer 11

few
= pauci-immune

Question 12

pector-

Answer 12

breast or chest
= pectoriloquy

Question 13

ped-,
-ped-,
-pes

Answer 13

foot:-footed
= pedoscope

Question 14

pelv(i)-
pelv(o)-

Answer 14

hip bone
= pelvis

Question 15

-penia

Answer 15

deficiency
= osteopenia

Question 16

-pepsia

Answer 16

denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestion, or the digestive tract.
= dyspepsia

Question 17

per-

Answer 17

through
= percutaneous

Question 18

peri-

Answer 18

denoting something with a position ‘surrounding’ or ‘ around’ another
=periodontal

Question 19

-pexy

Answer 19

fixation
= nephropexy

Question 20

phaco-

Answer 20

lens-shaped

Question 21

-phagia,
-phage

Answer 21

forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion
= sarcophagi

Question 22

-phago-

Answer 22

eating, devouring
= phagocyte

Question 23

phagist-

Answer 23

forms nouns that denote a person who ‘feeds on’ the first element or part of the word

Question 24

-phagy

Answer 24

forms nouns that denote 'feeding on' the first element or part of the word = hematopagy

Question 25

phall-

Answer 25

phallus = Aphallia

Question 26

pharmac-

Answer 26

drug, medication = pharmacology

Question 27

pharyng-

Answer 27

pharynx, the upper throat cavity

Question 28

-phil(ia)

Answer 28

attraction for = hemophilia

Question 29

phleb-

Answer 29

veins = phlebography

Question 30

-phobia

Answer 30

exaggerated fear, sensitivity, aversion = arachnophobia

Question 31

phone-

Answer 31

sound = phonograph

Question 32

phot-

Answer 32

pertaining light = photopathy

Question 33

phren-, phrenic-

Answer 33

the mind = schizophrenia

Question 34

phyllo-

Answer 34

leaf-like = phyllodes tumor, phyllotaxis

Question 35

-phyte, phyto-

Answer 35

to grow = hydrophyte

Question 36

pia

Answer 36

soft = pia mater

Question 37

piri-

Answer 37

pear = piriformis muscle

Question 38

-plasia

Answer 38

formation, development = achondroplsia

Question 39

-plasty

Answer 39

surgical repair, reconstruction = rhinoplasty

Question 40

-plegia

Answer 40

paralysis = parplegia

Question 41

pleio-

Answer 41

more. excessive, multiple = pleiomophism

Question 42

pleur-

Answer 42

ribs = pleurogenous

Question 43

-plexy

Answer 43

stroke or seizure = cataplexy

Question 44

pne-, pneum-

Answer 44

air, breath, lung = apnea, pneumatology, pneumonocyte, pneumonia

Question 45

pod-, -pod-, -pus

Answer 45

foot, footed = podiatry

Question 46

-poiesis

Answer 46

production = hematopoiesis

Question 47

polio-

Answer 47

having a grey color = poliomyelitis

Question 48

poly-

Answer 48

denotes a 'plurality' of something = polymyositis

Question 49

por-

Answer 49

pore, porous

Question 50

porphyr-

Answer 50

purple color

Question 51

post-

Answer 51

denotes something as 'after (time)' or 'behind(space)' another

Question 52

per-

Answer 52

before

Question 53

presby-

Answer 53

old age = presbyopia, presbycusis

Question 54

prim-q

Answer 54

first or most-important = primary

Question 55

pro-

Answer 55

before

Question 56

proct-

Answer 56

anus, rectum = proctology

Question 57

prosop-

Answer 57

face = prosopagnosia

Question 58

prot-

Answer 58

most important

Question 59

pseud-

Answer 59

flse or fake

Question 60

psor-

Answer 60

itching

Question 61

psych-

Answer 61

mind = psychology, psychiatry

Question 62

ptero-, ptery-

Answer 62

wing-shaped

Question 63

-ptosis

Answer 63

falling, drooping, downward placement, prolapse

Question 64

-ptyal-, ptayalo

Answer 64

saliva, salivary glands,

Question 65

-ptysis

Answer 65

spiting = hemoptysis, the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes

Question 66

pulmon-, pulo-

Answer 66

lungs = pulmonary

Question 67

py-

Answer 67

pus = pyometra

Question 68

pyel-

Answer 68

pelvis = pyelonephritis

Question 69

pykno-

Answer 69

to thicken = pyknosis

Question 70

pylor-

Answer 70

gate = pyloric sphincter

Question 71

pyr-

Answer 71

fever = antipyretic