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A&P Word Forms Set 4
Foreign Word RPSC Forms
Question | Answer |
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-phylaxis | a guard; prophylaxis |
physio- | nature; physiology |
-plasia | formation; dysplasia |
platy- | flat; platysma |
-plegia | a blow, paralysis; paraplegia |
-plexy | to strike; apoplexy |
pneum- | air; pneumotaxic center |
pod-/podo- | foot; podocyte |
-poiesis | making; hemopoiesis |
poly- | many; polysaccharide |
post- | after; postanal |
pre- | before; precapillary sphincter |
presby- | old; presbyopia |
pro- | before; prophase |
procto- | anus; proctology |
pterygo- | wing; pterygoid |
pulmo- | lung; pulmonary |
pulp- | flesh; pulpitis |
pyel- | trough or pelvis; pyelitis |
quadr- | one quarter; quadriplegia |
re- | back, again; reinfection |
retro- | backward; retroperitoneal |
rhin- | nose; rhinitis |
-rrhage | to burst forth;hemorrhage |
-rrhea | flow, discharge; amenorrhea |
sacro- | flesh; sacromere |
scler-/sclero- | hard; sclera |
-scope | to view; coloscope |
-sect | to cut; transect |
semi- | half; semitendinosus |
-septic | putrid; antiseptic |
-sis | state or condition; metastasis |
som-/-some | body; somatic |
spino- | spine, vertebral column; spinothalamic pathway |
stalsis- | contractile; peristalsis |
sten- | a narrowing; stenosis |
-stomy | mouth, opening; colostomy |
stylo- | stake, pole; styloid process |
sub- | below; subcutaneous |
super- | above or beyond; superficial |
supra- | on the upper side; supraspinous fossa |
syn- | together; synthesis |
tachy- | swift; tachycardia |
telo- | end; telophase |
tatra- | four; tetralogy of Fallot |
therm-/thermo- | heat; thermoregulation |
thorac- | chest; thoracentesis |
thromb- | clot; thrombocyte |
-tomy | to cut; appendectomy |
tox- | poison; toxemia |
trans- | through; transudate |
tri- | three; trimester |
tropho- | nutrition; trophoblast |
trophy- | nourishment; atrophy |
-tropic | turning; adrenocorticotropic |
tropo- | turning; troponin |
uni- | one; unicellular |
uro-/-uria | urine; glycosuria |
vas- | vessel; vascular |
zyg- | yoke; zygote |