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Med. Term. 15
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms "P"
Question | Answer |
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palat/o- | palate |
palliat/o- | reduce the severity of |
palpat/o- | touching; feeling |
palpit/o- | to throb |
pan- | all |
pancreat/o- | pancreas |
papill/o- | elevated structure |
par- | beside |
para- | beside; apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal |
parenchym/o- | parenchyma (functional cells of an organ) |
-paresis | condition of weakness |
pareun/o- | sexual intercourse |
pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
par/o- | birth |
paroxysm/o- | sudden, sharp attack |
part/o- | childbirth |
-partum | childbirth |
parturit/o- | to be in labor |
patell/o- | patella (kneecap) |
-path | disease; suffering |
pathet/o- | suffering |
path/o- | disease; suffering |
-pathy | disease; suffering; disease condition |
pat/o- | to be open |
-pause | cessation |
paus/o- | cessation |
pect/o- | stiff |
pector/o- | chest |
pedicul/o- | lice |
ped/o- | child |
pelv/i- | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis of kidney) |
pelv/o- | pelvis |
pendul/o- | hanging down |
-penia | condition of deficiency |
pen/o- | penis |
pepsin/o- | pepsin |
peps/o- | digestion |
pept/o- | digestion |
per- | throughout; through |
percuss/o- | tapping |
perfor/o- | to have an opening |
peri- | around |
perine/o- | perineum |
peripher/o- | outer aspects |
peritone/o- | peritoneum |
periton/o- | peritoneum |
perone/o- | fibula (lower leg bone on the lateral side of the leg) |
person/o- | person |
petechi/o- | petechiae |
-pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
phac/o- | lens (eye) |
-phage | thing that eats |
-phagia | abnormal condition of eating and swallowing |
phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
phak/o- | lens (eye) |
phalang/o- | phalanx (finger or toe) |
pharmaceutic/o- | medicine; drug |
pharmac/o- | medicine; drug |
pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
-pharynx | pharynx (throat) |
-phasia | abnormal condition of speech |
phas/o- | speech |
phe/o- | gray |
-phil | attraction to; fondness for |
-phile | person who is attracted to or is fond of |
phil/o- | attraction to; fondness of |
phim/o- | closed tight |
phleb/o- | vein |
phob/o- | fear; avoidance |
phor/o- | to bear; to carry; range |
phosph/o- | phosphorus |
phot/o- | light |
phren/o- | mind; diaphragm |
phylact/o- | guarding; protecting |
-phylaxis | condition of guarding or protecting |
-phyma | tumor; growth |
physic/o- | body |
physi/o- | physical function |
-physis | state of growing |
phys/o- | inflate; distend; grow |
-phyte | growth |
pigment/o- | pigment |
pil/o- | hair |
pituitar/o- | pituitary gland |
pituit/o- | pituitary gland |
placent/o- | placenta |
plak/o- | plaque |
-plant | procedure to transfer or graft |
-plasia | abnormal condition of growth |
-plasm | growth; formed substance |
plasm/o- | plasma |
plas/o- | growth; formation |
plast/o- | growth; formation |
-plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
-plegia | condition of paralysis |
pleg/o- | paralysis |
pleur/o- | pleura (lung membrane) |
-plex | parts |
-pnea | breathing |
pne/o- | breathing |
pneum/o- | lung; air |
pneumon/o- | lung; air |
pod/o- | foot |
-poiesis | condition of formation |
-poietin | a substance that forms |
poikil/o- | irregular |
polar/o- | positive or negative state |
pol/o- | pole |
poly- | many; much |
polyp/o- | polyp |
poplite/o- | back of the knee |
por/o- | small openings; pores |
port/o- | point of entry |
post- | after; behind |
poster/o- | back part |
potent/o- | being capable of doing |
pract/o- | medical practice |
pre- | before; in front of |
pregn/o- | being with child |
presby/o- | old age |
press/o- | pressure |
prevantat/o- | prevent |
prevent/o- | prevent |
priap/o- | persistent erection |
prim/i- | first |
pro- | before |
-probe | rodlike instrument |
proct/o- | rectum and anus |
product/o- | produce |
project/o- | orientation |
pronat/o- | face down |
prostat/o- | prostate gland |
prosthet/o- | artificial part |
protein/o- | protein |
proxim/o- | near the center or point of origin |
prurit/o- | itching |
psor/o- | itching |
psych/o- | mind |
-ptosis | state of prolapse; drooping; falling |
-ptysis | abnormal condition of coughing up |
puber/o- | growing up |
pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
pulmon/o- | lung |
pulsat/o- | rhythmic throbbing |
punct/o- | hole; perforation |
pupill/o- | pupil (of the eye) |
purul/o- | pus |
pyel/o- | renal pelvis |
pylor/o- | pylorus |
py/o- | pus |
pyret/o- | fever |
pyr/o- | burning; fire |