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Word Part P/Q
Word part starting with P/Q with meaning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |