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Word Part P/Q
Word part starting with P/Q with meaning
Term | Definition |
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pan- | all, complete, entire |
pancreat- (o) | pancreas |
para- | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
-paresis | paralysis |
-partum | birth, labor |
path- (ia, o, y) | disease, abnormal condition |
ped- (ia) | child |
-penia | lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
pent- (a) | five |
-pepsia, -pepsis | digestion |
per- | through, by, excessive |
peri- | around |
-pexy | fixation |
phag- (o) | eat, ingest |
-phage, -phagia | to eat, consuming, swallow |
pharyng- (o) | pharynx, throat |
-phas, -phasia | speech |
-philia, -philic | affinity for, attraction to |
phleb- (o) | vein |
-phobia | fear |
phon- (o) | sound, voice |
-phylaxis | protection, prevention |
-plasty | surgical correction or repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
pleuro- | side, rib |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum- (o, on) | lung, pertaining to the lungs, air |
pod- (e, o) | foot |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | in front of, forward |
proct- (o) | rectum, rectal, anus |
pseudo- | false |
psych- (i, o) | pertaining to the mind |
-ptosis | drooping down, sagging, downward displacement |
pulmon- (o) | lung |
py- (o) | pus |
pyel- (o) | renal pelvis of kidney |
pyr- (o) | heat, fever |
quad- (ra, ri) | four |