Med Term #6

para-

near, beside
-paresis

weakness
path/o, -pathy

disease
ped/o

foot, child
-penia

decrease in, deficiency
peri-

around, about
-pexy

surgical fixation
-phagia

swallowing
pharmac/o

drug
-phasia

speech
-philia

love for, craving
-phobia

fear, aversion
phon/o, -phonia

sound, voice
phot/o

light
-phylaxis

protection
-physi/o

relating to nature
-plasia

formation, development
-plasty

surgical repair
-plegia, -plegic

paralysis
-poiesis

formation
poly-

many, much
post-

after, behind
pre-, pro-

after, behind
presby-

old
primi-, prot/o

first
pseudo-

false
psych/o

mind
-ptosis

drooping
py/o

pus
pyr/o

fever

Author

stevie

ID

25875

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Med Term #6

Description

Medical Terminology #6

Updated

2010-07-07T00:00:24Z

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