Term | Definition |
pachy- | thick |
palat/o | palate |
pale/o | early, primitive, old |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
pan- | all |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pant/o | whole, all |
papill/o | nipple, optic disc |
papul/o | papule, pimple |
-para | to bear offspring |
para- | similar, beside |
-paresis | weakness, slight paralysis |
-partum | childbirth |
path/o | disease |
-pathy | disease |
pector/o | chest |
ped/o | child, foot |
pelv/i | pelvis |
-penia | deficiency |
penta- | five |
-pepsia | digestion |
peri- | around, surrounding |
pericardi/o | pericardium |
perine/o | perineum (surface region in both males and females between the pubic symphysis and the coccyx) |
peritone/o | peritoneum (serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity) |
pero- | deformed |
pest/i | pests, plague |
-petal | moving forward |
petr/o | stone, stone-like hardness |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
phac/o | pertaining to lens |
phag/o | eat, swallow |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phagy | eating, devouring |
phak/o | pertaining to lens |
phall/o | penis |
pharmac/o | drugs |
pharyng/o | throat |
phas/o | speech |
-phasia | speech |
-pheresis | removal |
-phil | attraction |
phil/o | attraction |
-philia | affinity for |
phleb/o | vein |
phlebo- | vein |
phob/o | fear, adversion |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
phon/o | sound, voice |
phor/o | to carry |
phot/o | light |
phreni- | diaphragm, mind |
phyl/o | race, species, type |
-phylaxis | protection |
phyllo- | leaf |
physi- | physical, natural |
-physis | growth, growing |
physo- | swelling, gas |
phyt- | plants |
pico- | one trillionth |
-piesis | pressure |
piez/o | pressure |
pil/o | hair |
pituitar/o | pituitary |
-plakia | patches |
plan/o | flat, plan, level |
plani- | flat, level |
-plasm | formation |
plasmo- | plasma |
plast/o | formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
platy- | broad, flat |
-plegia | paralysis |
pless/i | striking, percussion |
pleur/o | pleura, rib |
plic/o | fold |
pluri- | several, more |
-pnea | breathing |
pneo- | air, breath, breathing |
pneum/o | lung, air |
pneumon/o | lung |
-pod | foot |
-poiesis | production, formation |
poikil- | irregular, varied |
polio- | gray |
poly- | many |
pono- | fatigue, exhaustion, overwork |
por/o | passage, opening, duct |
-porosis | decrease in density |
-posia | drinking, fluid intake |
post- | after, behind, back |
-prandial | meal |
-praxia | to perform, action |
pre- | before, in front of |
presby/o | old age |
primi- | first |
pro- | before, in front of |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
pros/o | forward, anterior |
prosop/o | face |
prostat/o | prostate |
prote/o | protein |
proto- | first |
proxim/o | nearest |
psamm/o | sand |
pseud- | false |
pseudo- | false |
psor/o | itching |
psych/o | mind |
-pterygium | abnormality of conjunctiva |
-ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
ptyal/o | saliva |
-ptysis | spitting |
pub/o | pubic, pubes |
pulm/o | lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
puls/o | beating, to beat |
-puncture | to pierce a surface |
pupill/o | pupil |
purpur/o | purple |
purul/o | pus formation |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
pyg/o | buttocks |
pykn/o | thick, dense, compact |
pyl/e | portal vein |
pylor/o | pylorus (opening between the stomach and duodenum) |
pyr/o | fire, fever |
pyret/o | fever |
pyrex/o | fever |