Section 24 Flashcards
Phlegm/o
Thick mucus
Phleb/o
Vein
Phob/o
Fear
Phon/o
Sound or voice
-phonia
Sound or voice
Phor/o
Carry or movement
-phoresis
Carrying or transmission
-phoria
To bear, feeling, or mental state
Phot/o
Light
Phren/o
Diaphragm
-phylactic
Protective or preventive
-phylaxis
Protection or prevention
Physic/o or hysic/o
Nature
-physis
To grow
-phyte
Plant
Pigment/o
Color
Pil/o or pil/I
Hair
Pineal/o
Pineal gland
Pinn/I
External ear, or auricle
Pituit/o
Pituitary gland
Plac/o
Flat patch
Placent/o
Round, flat cake, or placenta
-plakia
Thin, flat layer, or scale
Plan/o
Flat
Plant/o or plant/I
Caudal surface of pes (rear paw) including tarsus
Plas/o or plas/I
Growth, development, formation, or mold
-plasia
Formation, development, or growth
-plasm
Formative material of cells
Plasm/o
Something formed
-plast
Primitive living cell
Plast/o
Growth, development, or mold
-plasty
Surgical repair
-plegia or -plegic
Paralysis
Pleur/o
Membrane lining the lungs (pleura)
Plex/o
Network
Plic/o
Fold or ridge
-pnea
Breathing
-pneic
Pertaining to breathing
Pneu-
Relating to air or lungs
Pneum/o or pneumon/o
Lung or air
Pod/o
Foot
-poiesis
Formation
Poikil/o
Irregular
Poli/o
Gray matter of the brain and spinal chord