Here is a glossary of medical terms. You may start
by finding a specific word beginning with the letter you have selected.
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| Terms |
Definition |
| para- |
beside, beyond, near |
| path(o) |
disease |
| -pathy |
disease |
| ped(o) |
child |
| penia |
deficient, deficiency |
| peps, pept |
digest |
| per- |
through |
| peri |
around |
| -pexy |
suspension |
| phag(o) |
eat, destroy |
| pharmaco |
drug |
| pharyng(o) |
throat |
| phleb(o) |
vein |
| phob(ia) |
fear |
| -plasia |
growth, formation of tissue |
| plasty |
repair |
| pleg(ia) |
paralysis |
| pnea |
breathing |
| pneum(ato) |
breath,air |
| pneumon(o) |
lung |
| pod(o) |
foot |
| poie |
make, produce |
| poly |
much, many |
| post |
after |
| poster(i) |
back,behind |
| pre- |
before, in front of |
| presby |
elder |
| proct(o) |
anus |
| pseud(o) |
false |
| psych(o) |
mind |
| -ptosis |
drooping, dropping down |
| pulmon(o) |
lung |
| pyel(o) |
pelvis of kidney |
| pyr(o) |
fever, fire |
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