P Med terms

pan-: all, complete, entire

pancreat-, pancreato-: pancreas

para-: beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of,    

     the body, live birth

-paresis: paralysis

pareunia: sexual intercourse

-partum: birth, labor

path-, patho-, pathy, -pathia: disease, abnormal

   condition

ped/i: child

-penia: lack of, abnormal reduction of number,

     deficiency

pent-, penta-: five

-pepsia, -pepsis: digestion

per-: through, by excessive

peri-: around

-pexy: fixation

phag-, phago-: eat, ingest

-phag/o: to eat, consuming, swallow

pharyng-, pharyngo-: pharynx, throat

-phas, -phasia, -phaso: speech

-phil, -philia, -philic: affinity for, attracted to ,

    “loves”

phelb-, phlebo-: vein

-phobia: fear

phon-, phono-: sound, voice

photo-: light

-phylaxis: protection, preventative

-plasty: surgical correction of

-plegia: paralyisis

pleo-: more

pleuro-: side, rib

-pnea: breathing

pneum-, pneumo-: lung, pertaining to the lungs

pod/o: foot

-poiesis: formation

poly-: many, much

post-: after, behind

prand/o-: meal

pre-: before, in front of

presbi-: old

primi-: first

pro-: in front of, forward

proct-, procto-: rectum, rectal, anus

pruritis: to itch

psora-: itch

psuedo-: false

psych/o: pertaining to the mind

-ptosis: drooping down, sagging, downward displacement

ptysis-: cough up

pulmon-, pulmono-: lung

py-, pyo-: pus

pyel-, pyelo-: renal pelvis of kidney

pylor/o: pylorus (distal sphincter of stomach)

pyr-, pyro-: heat, fever