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Medical Roots P-S
Word Parts
Meaning | Word Part |
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pain | -algia, odynia |
pain | -algesia, algi/o, algesi/o |
painful | dys- |
palate | palat/o |
pancreas | pancreat/o |
paralysis | -plegia |
paralysis (partial) | paresis |
parathyroid | parathyr/o, parathyroid/o |
partial | semi- |
pelvis | pelvi/o |
perineum | perine/o |
peritoneum | periton, peritone/o |
perspiration | hidr/o, idr/o |
pertaining to | -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ous |
pharynx | pharyng/o |
pituitary | pituitar, hypophys |
plastic repair | -plasty |
platelet | thrombocyt/o |
pleura | pleur/o |
poison | tox/o, toxic/o |
poor | mal- |
potassium | kali |
pregnant woman | gravida |
pressure | bar/o |
production | -poiesis |
productive cell | blast |
profuse flow | -rhage, -rhagia |
prostate | prostat/o |
protein | prote/o |
puncture | centesis |
pupil | pupill/o |
pus | py/o |
pylorus | pylor/o |
radiation | radi/o |
rapid | tachy- |
reading | -lexia |
rectum | rect/o, proct/o |
red | erythr/o |
red blood cell | erythr/o, erythrocyt/o |
removal | de-, dis- |
renal pelvis | pyel/o |
repair (surgical) | -rhaphy |
respiration | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneumat/o |
resembling | -form, -oid |
retina | retin/o |
rib | cost/o |
right | dextr/o |
root of spinal nerve | radicul/o |
rupture | -rhexis |
sacrum | sacr/o |
saliva, salivary gland | sial/o |
same | homo-, homeo- |
sclera (of eye) | scler/o |
scrotum | osche/o |
sebum, sebaceous gland | seb/o |
seizure | -lepsy |
self | auto- |
semen | semin, sperm/i, spermat/o |
seminal vesicle | vesicul/o |
sensation | -esthesia, esthesi/o |