Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-paresisA word ending that means partial loss of movement, or weakness.

-pathyA word ending that means disease of a part, or feeling.

-peniaA word ending that means a lack or too few.

-pepsiaA word ending that means digestion.

-pexyA word ending that means surgical fixing of an organ in place.

-phagiaA word ending that means eating or swallowing.

-phasiaA word ending that means speech, or the use of language.

-philiaA word ending that means attraction to, liking for, or a tendency toward something.

-phobiaA word ending that means a strong, lasting fear.

-plasiaA word ending that means formation or growth of cells or tissue.

-plasmA word ending that means formed material or a growth.

-plastyA word ending that means surgical repair or reshaping.

-plegiaA word ending that means paralysis.

-pneaA word ending that means breathing.

-poiesisA word ending that means making or forming.

-ptosisA word ending that means drooping, sagging or falling down of an organ or part.

-ptysisA word ending that means spitting, or coughing something up.

palat/oA word root that means the palate, the roof of the mouth.

pan-A word beginning that means all or every.

pancreat/oA word root that means pancreas.

par/oA word root that means to bear or give birth; part/o means labor or birth.

para-A word beginning that means beside, near, beyond or abnormal.

path/oA word root that means disease or suffering.

ped/oA word root that means child; in some words a look-alike root means foot.

pelv/iA word part that means the pelvis, the ring of bones at the base of the spine.

per-A word beginning that means through or throughout.

peri-A word beginning that means around or near.

perine/oA word root that means the perineum, the area between the genitals and the anus.

peritone/oA word root that means the peritoneum, the thin lining of the abdominal cavity.

petr/oA word root that means stone.

phag/oA word root that means eating or swallowing.

phalang/oA word part that means the phalanges, the bones of the fingers and toes.

pharyng/oA word part that means the pharynx, the throat.

phleb/oA word root that means vein; ven/o means the same.

phot/oA word root that means light.

phren/oA word root that means the diaphragm, the main breathing muscle; it can also mean the mind.

phys/oA word root that means growing.

pil/oA word root that means hair.

plasm/oA word root that means plasma, the liquid part of blood, or formed material.

pleur/oA word root that means the pleura, the thin two-layer covering of the lungs, or the side of the chest.

pneum/oA word root that means air or lung; pneumon/o and pulmon/o also mean lung.

pod/oA word root that means foot.

poly-A word beginning that means many or much.

post-A word beginning that means after or behind.

pre-A word beginning that means before or in front of.

primi-A word beginning that means first.

pro-A word beginning that means before, forward or in front of.

proct/oA word root that means anus and rectum; rect/o means rectum.

prostat/oA word root that means the prostate, the gland below the bladder in men.

pseudo-A word beginning that means false or fake: something that looks like another thing but is not.