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Penta - Retina

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pent/a-   five  
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peps/o-   digestion; dyspepsia- referring to difficult or painful digestion  
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per-   through; permeate- to go through  
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peri-   around; pericardium- referring to the covering around the heart  
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perine/o-   base or floor; perineal- referring to the floor  
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periton/e-   that which holds the lower viscera; peritoneum- that which holds the lower organs in place  
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peroneo-   pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone; peroneal- refers to the lateral compartment of the leg  
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pes   foot; tailpes- foot and ankle  
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petech/i-   small; petechial- referring to small little spots  
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petit   little illness; petit mal- little illness  
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petro-   rock, stone, hard; petroderma- rock, stone, hard skin  
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phago-   eat, eating, perverse appetite; phagocytosis- cells that eat other cells  
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phalang/o-   close knit row (finger and toes); aphalangia- absence of fingers or toes  
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pharmac/o-   drug relationship, to drug, medicine; pharmacologist- study of drugs  
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pharyng/o-   throat; pharyngitis- inflammation of the throat  
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phas/o-   speech or speaking; dysphasia- difficulty in speaking  
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-phase   stage; metaphase- stage or appearance of change  
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-pheresis   withdrawal or to separate; hematopheresis- to separate blood  
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-phile   love of, to love, love for; necrophile- someone in love with dead bodies  
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phim/o-   to muzzle or muzzling; phimosis- a condition or muzzling  
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phleb/o-   vein; phlebitis- inflammation of vein  
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phob/o-   fear; hydrophobia- fear of water  
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phoc/o-   seal; phocomelia- refers to seal limbs like flippers  
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phon/o-   voice or sound; dysphonia- referring to difficulty in making sound  
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phor/o-   feeling (mental); euphoria- good feeling  
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-phoresis   migration, transport, move or carry; aphoresis-apparatus for taking blood  
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phot/o-   light; photophobia- fear of light (or fear of the pain caused by light)  
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phrag/o-   wall or partition; diaphragm-a wall across body separating  
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phraso-   speech or talk; aphrasia- not being able to speak  
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-phraxia   stoppage or obstruction; hemophraxia- referring to an obstruction in blood flow  
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phren/o-   mind or diaphragm; phernia- pertains to the mind  
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-phylaxis   protection or guard; prophylaxis- before protection or guard  
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physi/o-   function of or nature; physiology- how the body functions  
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-physis   growth or nature of; symphysis- growing together  
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phyto-   plant; phytotoxin- plant poison  
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pia-   gentle; pia mater- gentle mother  
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pil/o-   hair; piloma- swelling of the hair follicle  
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pinn/a-   feather or feather like; pinnaform- feather like shape  
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pituit/o-   phlegm or glue like mucus; pituitary- mucoid fluid discharges when gland is pinched during diasection  
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pitryr/i-   bran (cereal like scales on skin); pityriasis- bran (cereal like scales on the skin)  
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placent/a-   cake; placentitis- afterbirth or structure attached to uterine wall during pregnancy that provides nutrition (Cake) to the fetus  
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-plakia   plate or plate-like; leukoplakia- white plate cancer lesions on a membrane or the skin  
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plan/o-   flat or a plain; planus- flat footed  
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plant/o-   sole of foot; plantar- referring to the sole of the foot  
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plas-   growth, development, formation; hyperplasia- pertaining to rapid excessive development growth  
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-plegia   paralysis; quadriplegia- paralysis of all four limbs  
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pleur/o-   side or rib; pleuritis- inflammation of side or rib  
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-plexy   paralysis; neuroplexy- nerve paralysis  
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-pnea   breathe or breathing; apnea- not breathing  
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pneum/o-   lung, air, respiration; pneumothorax- abnormal accumulation of air in the lungs resulting in a collapsed lung  
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-poiesis   to make, form, produce; hematopoeisis- to make red blood cells  
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poikil/o-   irregular or varied shape; poikiliocytic- irregular or varied shape of a cell  
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poli/o-   gray; poliomyelitis- inflammation of the gray spinal cord  
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pollex-   thumb; pollexectomy- removal of the thumb  
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poly-   many; polydipsia- being thirsty  
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pons   bridge  
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por/o-   cavity or passage (porous); osteoporosis- condition of bone passage  
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post-   after or behind; postpartum- referring to the afterbirth process  
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-pox   pits; small pox  
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prand/i-   meal or breakfast; prandial- pertains to a meal  
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-prax/ia   movement or action; myopraxis- muscle movement  
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pre-   before; prenatal- before birth  
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prepuce   foreskin or hood  
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presbyo-   old; presbyopia- refers to weak eyes of elderly vision  
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prim/i-   first; primary  
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pro-   before; prognosis- prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease  
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proct/o-   rectum or anus; proctologist- study of the rectum  
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prone-   to bend forward; pronation- lay face down  
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propri/o-   property (nerve stimuli or information); proprioceptor- a receptor located in tissue that responds stimuli produced with the body  
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prostat/o-   one who lies before; prostatectomy- to cut out the prostate gland that lie in front of the urinary bladder  
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proto-   first; protozoon- single cell animal (first animals)  
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proxim/o-   close or closest; proximal- referring to what is closest  
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prur/i-   itch or itching; pruritis- inflammation that causes itching  
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pseud/o-   false; pseudomembranous- state of false like skin  
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psoas   loin (lumbar); psoas- these are the muscles above the flank and beside the lumbar region  
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psor/i-   to itch; psoriasis- condition of itchy skin  
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psych/o-   mind; psychology- studying the mind  
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pteryg/o-   winged; pterygoid- resembling wings; archeopetryx  
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-ptosis   to drop, fall, displace; splanchnoptosis- prolapse of the kidney  
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-ptysis   spitting or spit; hemoptysis- the expectoration of blood or bloody spit  
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pub/o-   private parts; pubic- referring to private parts  
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pulmon/o-   lung; pulmonary-pertaining to lungs  
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pulp/o-   solid flesh; pulpitis- inflammation of the pulp of a tooth  
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pupill/o-   pupil; pupill = pupil (I have faith I can remember this one)  
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purpur/o-   purple; purpuric- referring to small purple hemorrhages that appear on the skin  
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pyel/o-   pelvis or kidney; pyelonephritis- inflammation of the kidney  
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pykno-   thick, dense, compact; pyknemia- refers to the thickening of the blood, that often causes heart attacks and strokes  
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pyl/o-   gatekeeper; pyloric- opening between the stomach and the duodenum  
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pyo-   pus; pyogenic- producing or generating pus  
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pyret/o-   fever; pyretic- referring to something that causes a fever  
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quadr/i-   four  
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quint/i-   five  
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radi/o   ray, spoke, X-ray, radio activity; radiation  
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radic/o-   nerve root or spinal nerve; radiculitis- inflammation of nerve root  
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ray-   spoke or wave length  
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re-   again; respiration- process of continuing to breath  
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rect/o-   rectum or straight; rectoclysis- washing out the rectum (so like an enema)  
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ren/o-   kidney; renal- pertaining to the kidney  
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reticul/o-   network; reticulation-a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network  
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retina   net or net like; retinitis- inflammation of blood vessels that are on the eyes, so basically the net like things you see when your eyes are itchy  
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