Roots Prefix Suffix O-P Flashcards
(223 cards)
1
Q
obstetr/o
A
midwife
2
Q
octa-
A
eight
3
Q
octi-
A
eight
4
Q
ocul/o
A
eye
5
Q
odont/o
A
tooth
6
Q
-oid
A
resembling
7
Q
-ole
A
little, small
8
Q
ole/o
A
oil
9
Q
olfact/o
A
smell
10
Q
olig/o
A
scanty, few, little
11
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
12
Q
om/o
A
shoulder
13
Q
omphal/o
A
navel
14
Q
onc/o
A
tumor, mass
15
Q
onych/o
A
nail
16
Q
o/o
A
egg, ovum
17
Q
oophor/o
A
ovary
18
Q
ophry/o
A
eyebrow
19
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
20
Q
-opia
A
vision
21
Q
-opsia
A
vision
22
Q
opisth/o
A
backward, behind
23
Q
op/o
A
juice, face
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Q
-opsy
A
to view
25
opt/o
eye, vision
26
or/o
mouth
27
orch/o
testis
28
orchi/o
testis
29
orchid/o
testis
30
-orexia
appetite
31
organ/o
organ
32
ornith/o
bird
33
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
34
osche/o
scrotum
35
oscill/o
to swing
36
-osis
condition, status, abnormal increase
37
osm/o
sense of smell, odor, impulse
38
-osmia
sense of smell, odor, impulse
39
osphresi/o
sense of smell, odor
40
-osphresia
sense of smell, odor
41
oste/o
bone
42
ot/o
ear
43
ov/o
egg, ovum
44
ov/i
egg, ovum
45
ovari/o
ovary
46
ox/o
oxygen
47
-oxia
oxygen
48
oxy-
sharp, quick, sour
49
pachy-
thick
50
-pagus
conjoined twins
51
pala/o
palate
52
pale/o
old
53
palin-
recurrence, repetition
54
pali-
recurrence, repetition
55
palliat/o
soothe, relieve
56
palp/o
to touch gently
57
palpat/o
to touch gently
58
palpebr/o
eyelid
59
palpit/o
flutter, throbbing
60
palpitat/o
flutter, throbbing
61
pan-
all
62
pancreat/o
pancreas
63
pant/o
all, whole
64
papill/o
nipple-like, papilla
65
papul/o
papule, pimple
66
para-
alongside, near, beyond, abnormal
67
-para
to bear, bring forth
68
-parous
to bear, bring forth
69
parasit/o
parasite
70
parathyroid/o
parathyroid
71
-paresis
partial paralysis
72
-partum
childbirth, labor
73
patell/o
patella
74
path/o
disease
75
-pause
cessation
76
pector/o
chest
77
ped/o
foot, child
78
pedicul/o
louse
79
pel/o
mud
80
pelv/i
pelvis
81
-penia
deficiency
82
pent-
five
83
penta-
five
84
-pepsia
digestion
85
per-
through, throughout
86
percuss/o
to tap
87
peri-
around, surrounding
88
perine/o
perineum
89
peritone/o
peritoneum
90
per/o
deformed, maimed
91
perone/o
fibula
92
perspir/o
breathe through
93
pest/i
plague, pests
94
peta-
quadrillion
95
-petal
moving toward, seeking
96
petr/o
stone, petrous region of temporal bone
97
-pexy
fixation
98
phac/o
lens
99
phag/o
eating, ingestion
100
-phagia
eating, ingestion
101
phak/o
lens
102
phalang/o
phalanges
103
phall/o
penis
104
phaner/o
visible, apparent
105
pharmac/o
drugs
106
phas/o
speech
107
-phasia
speech
108
phe/o
dusky
109
phen/o
appearance
110
-pheresis
removal
111
-phil
affinity for, tendency towards
112
-philia
affinity for, tendency towards
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phim/o
muzzle
114
phleb/o
vein
115
-phobia
fear, aversion
116
phob/o
fear, aversion
117
phon/o
voice, sound
118
-phonia
voice, sound
119
-phore
bearer, processor
120
phor/o
bearer, processor
121
-phoresis
bearing, transmission
122
phosphat/o
phosphate
123
phot/o
light
124
phren/o
mind, diaphragm
125
phyc/o
seaweed, algae
126
phyl/o
race, species, type
127
-phylaxis
protection
128
phyll/o
leaf, leaf-like
129
-phyma
tumor, growth
130
physic/o
physical, natural
131
physi/o
nature
132
phys/o
air, gas
133
-physis
growth, growing
134
phyt/o
plant
135
-phyte
plant
136
pico-
one trillionth
137
picr/o
bitter
138
piez/o
pressure
139
pies/i
pressure
140
-piesis
pressure
141
pil/o
hair
142
pimel/o
fat, fatty
143
pin/o
to drink
144
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
145
plagi/o
slanting, oblique
146
plan/o
flat, level, warning
147
plant/o
sole of the foot
148
-plasm
formation, growth
149
plasm/o
plasma, formative substance
150
-plasty
surgical correction, repair
151
platy-
broad, flat
152
ple/o
more
153
-plegia
paralysis
154
plesi/o
nearness, similarity
155
pless/i
striking
156
pleur/o
pleura
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plex/o
network (nerves or vessels), plexus
158
plic/o
to fold, pleat
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plicat/o
to fold, pleat
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-ploid
number of chromosome sets
161
-ploidy
number of chromosome sets
162
pluri-
more, several
163
-pnea
breathe
164
pneumon/o
lung, air
165
pod/o
foot
166
-poiesis
formation
167
poikil/o
variation, irregular
168
poli/o
gray (matter)
169
poly-
many, much
170
pon/o
fatigue, overwork, pain
171
-pore
opening, passageway
172
por/o
opening, passageway
173
-porosis
porous, decrease in density
174
-posia
drinking
175
posit/o
arrangement, place
176
post-
after, behind
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poster/o
behind, towards the back
178
potenti/o
power, strength
179
-prandial
meal
180
-praxia
action, activity
181
pre-
before, in front of
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presby-
aging, elderly
183
primi-
first
184
-privia
loss, deprivation
185
pro-
before
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proct/o
rectum, anus
187
pros/o
forward, anterior
188
prosop/o
face
189
prostat/o
prostate gland
190
prote/o
protein
191
prot/o
first
192
proxim/o
near
193
prurit/o
itching
194
psamm/o
sand, sand like material
195
pselaphes/o
touch
196
pseudo-
false
197
psor/o
itching
198
psych/o
mind
199
psychr/o
cold
200
-pterygium
abnormality of the conjunctiva
201
pteryg/o
wing shaped
202
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
203
pytal/o
saliva
204
-ptysis
spitting
205
pub/o
pubis
206
pulmon/o
lung
207
puls/o
to beat, beating
208
pulsat/o
to beat, beating
209
-puncture
to pierce a surface
210
pupill/o
pupil
211
purgat/o
cleansing
212
purpur/i
purple
213
purul/o
pus formation
214
py/o
pus
215
pyel/o
renal pelvis
216
pyg/o
buttocks
217
pykn/o
thick, dense
218
pycn/o
thick dense
219
pyl/e
portal vein
220
pylor/o
pylorus
221
pyret/o
fever
222
pyrex/o
fever, feverishness
223
pyr/o
heat, fire, fever
