Word parts
Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.
combining vowel
kum-BYE-ning VOW-ul · sustantivo
A vowel, usually o, placed between word parts to make a medical word easier to say, as in arthr/o/pathy.
Entrada completapuh-REE-sisA word ending that means partial loss of movement, or weakness.
-pathyParte de palabrapuh-theeA word ending that means disease of a part, or feeling.
-peniaParte de palabraPEE-nee-uhA word ending that means a lack or too few.
-pepsiaParte de palabraPEP-see-uhA word ending that means digestion.
-pexyParte de palabraPEK-seeA word ending that means surgical fixing of an organ in place.
-phagiaParte de palabraFAY-jee-uh, or FAY-juhA word ending that means eating or swallowing.
-phasiaParte de palabraFAY-zhuhA word ending that means speech, or the use of language.
-philiaParte de palabraFIL-ee-uhA word ending that means attraction to, liking for, or a tendency toward something.
-phobiaParte de palabraFOH-bee-uhA word ending that means a strong, lasting fear.
-plasiaParte de palabraPLAY-zhuhA word ending that means formation or growth of cells or tissue.
-plasmParte de palabraPLAZ-umA word ending that means formed material or a growth.
-plastyParte de palabraPLAS-teeA word ending that means surgical repair or reshaping.
-plegiaParte de palabraPLEE-jee-uh, or PLEE-juhA word ending that means paralysis.
-pneaParte de palabraNEE-uh, or PNEE-uh after a consonantA word ending that means breathing.
-poiesisParte de palabrapoy-EE-sisA word ending that means making or forming.
-ptosisParte de palabraTOH-sis (the p is silent)A word ending that means drooping, sagging or falling down of an organ or part.
-ptysisParte de palabraTIH-sisA word ending that means spitting, or coughing something up.
palat/oParte de palabraPAL-uh-tohA word root that means the palate, the roof of the mouth.
pan-Parte de palabrapanA word beginning that means all or every.
pancreat/oParte de palabraPAN-kree-uh-tohA word root that means pancreas.
par/oParte de palabraPAIR-ohA word root that means to bear or give birth; part/o means labor or birth.
para-Parte de palabraPAIR-uhA word beginning that means beside, near, beyond or abnormal.
path/oParte de palabraPATH-ohA word root that means disease or suffering.
ped/oParte de palabraPEE-dohA word root that means child; in some words a look-alike root means foot.
pelv/iParte de palabraPEL-veeA word part that means the pelvis, the ring of bones at the base of the spine.
per-Parte de palabraperA word beginning that means through or throughout.
peri-Parte de palabraPAIR-eeA word beginning that means around or near.
perine/oParte de palabrapair-ih-NEE-ohA word root that means the perineum, the area between the genitals and the anus.
peritone/oParte de palabrapair-ih-toh-NEE-ohA word root that means the peritoneum, the thin lining of the abdominal cavity.
petr/oParte de palabraPET-roeA word root that means stone.
phag/oParte de palabraFAY-goh, or FAG-ohA word root that means eating or swallowing.
phalang/oParte de palabrafuh-LANG-ohA word part that means the phalanges, the bones of the fingers and toes.
pharyng/oParte de palabrafuh-RING-gohA word part that means the pharynx, the throat.
phleb/oParte de palabraFLEB-ohA word root that means vein; ven/o means the same.
phot/oParte de palabraFOE-toeA word root that means light.
phren/oParte de palabraFREN-ohA word root that means the diaphragm, the main breathing muscle; it can also mean the mind.
phys/oParte de palabraFY-zoeA word root that means growing.
pil/oParte de palabraPY-loeA word root that means hair.
plasm/oParte de palabraPLAZ-moeA word root that means plasma, the liquid part of blood, or formed material.
pleur/oParte de palabraPLOOR-ohA word root that means the pleura, the thin two-layer covering of the lungs, or the side of the chest.
pluralPLOOR-ulThe form of a word that names more than one; many medical words keep a Greek or Latin plural that changes the ending.
pneum/oParte de palabraNOO-mohA word root that means air or lung; pneumon/o and pulmon/o also mean lung.
pod/oParte de palabraPOD-ohA word root that means foot.
poly-Parte de palabraPOL-eeA word beginning that means many or much.
post-Parte de palabrapohstA word beginning that means after or behind.
pre-Parte de palabrapreeA word beginning that means before or in front of.
prefixPREE-fiksA word part added to the beginning of a word root to change its meaning, such as sub- (below) in subhepatic.
primi-Parte de palabraPRY-meeA word beginning that means first.
pro-Parte de palabraprohA word beginning that means before, forward or in front of.
proct/oParte de palabraPROK-tohA word root that means anus and rectum; rect/o means rectum.
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