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Medical Terminology
Word Parts (PEPS/O- to PNEUM/O-)
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Undergraduate 3
04/28/2010
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Term
peps/o-
 Definition
digestion
Term
per-
 Definition
through
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peri-
 Definition
around
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perine/o-
 Definition
base or floor
Term
periton/e-
 Definition
that which holds the lower viscera
Term
peroneo-
 Definition
pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone
Term
pes
 Definition
foot
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petech/i-
 Definition
small
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petit
 Definition
little illness
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petro-
 Definition
rock, stone, hard
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phago-
 Definition
eat, eating, perverse appetite
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phalang/o-
 Definition
close knit row (fingers and toes)
Term
pharmac/o-
 Definition
drug relationship, to drug, medicine
Term
pharyng/o-
 Definition
throat
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phas/o-
 Definition
speech or speaking
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-phase
 Definition
stage
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-pheresis
 Definition
withdrawal or to separate
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-phile
 Definition
love of, to love, love for
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phim/o-
 Definition
to muzzle or mizzling
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phleb/o-
 Definition
vein
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phob/o-
 Definition
fear
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phoc/o-
 Definition
seal
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phon/o-
 Definition
voice or sound
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phor/o-
 Definition
feeling (mental)
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-phoresis
 Definition
migration, transport, move or carry
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phot/o-
 Definition
light
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phrag/o-
 Definition
wall or partition
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phras/o-
 Definition
speech or talk
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-phraxia
 Definition
stoppage or obstruction
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phren/o-
 Definition
mind or diaphragm
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection or guard
Term
physi/o-
 Definition
nature of or function of
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-physis
 Definition
growth or nature of
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phyto-
 Definition
plant
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pia-
 Definition
gentle
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pil/o-
 Definition
hair
Term
pinn/a-
 Definition
feather or feather-like
Term
pituit/o-
 Definition
phlegm or glue like mucus
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pityr/i-
 Definition
bran (cereal like scaled on skin)
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placent/a-
 Definition
cake
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-plakia
 Definition
plate or plate-like
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plan/o
 Definition
flat or plain
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plant/o-
 Definition
sole of foot
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plan/o
 Definition
flat or plain
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plant/o-
 Definition
sole of foot
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plas-
 Definition
growth, development, formation
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-pleg/ia
 Definition
paralysis
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pleur/o-
 Definition
side or rib
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-plexy
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathe or breathing
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pneum/o-
 Definition
lung, air, respiration
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