Vocab Word Element P Flashcards
Pan
all
Example: pan-hysterectomy
Para
alongside of
Example: paraplegia
Path
disease
Example: pathology
Ped (Latin), Pedi
foot
Example: pedicure
Ped (greek)
child
Example: pediatrics
Penia
too few
Example: leukopenia
Peri
around, covering
Example: pericarditis
Pexy
to sew up in position
Example: nephropexy
Phagia
swallow
Example: dysphagia
Pharyngo
throat
Example: pharyngoplasty
Phasia
speak
Example: dysphasia
Phlebo
vein
Example: phlebitis
Phobia
fear, dread
Example: photophobia
Phonia
voice
Example: dysphonia
Pilo
hair
Example: pilocystic
plasty
operative revision
Example: rhinoplasty
plegia
paralysis
Example: quadriplegia
pleur
side
Example: pleuralgia
pnea
breathing
Example: orthopnea
pneumo, pneum, pneumon
air, lungs
Example: pneumonia
polios
gray
Example: poliomyelitis
poly
much, many
Example: polyuria
porphyro
purple
Example: porphyuria
post
after
Example: postpartum
pre
before
Example: preoperative
procto
rectum
Example: proctoscopy
pseudo
false
Example: pseudo pregnancy
psycho
mind
Example: psychology
ptosis
falling
Example: nephroptosis
pyelo
plevis or kidney
Example: pyelonephritis
pyloro
gatekeeper
Example: pyloroscopy
pyo
pus
Example: empyema
pyro
heat, temperature
Example: pyrexia
