Terminology 8

-phas, phasia, -phaso

speech

#NAME?

affinity for attraction to, love, like

phleb, phlebo-

vein

phobia

fear

phon, phono

sound voice

phylaxis

protection, preventative

plasty

surgical correction or repair

plegia

paralysis

pleuro

side, rib

pnea

breathing

pneum , pneumo

lung, pertaining to the lungs, air

pod, podo

foot

poly

many, much

post,

after, behind

pre-,

before, in front of

pro-,

in front of, forward

proct, procto

rectum, rectal, anus

psora

itch

pusedo

FALSE

psych, psycho

pertaining to the mind

ptosis

drooping down, sagging, downward

pulmon, pulmono

lung

pyr-, pyro

heat, forever

py, pyo

pus

pyel, pyelo

renal pelvis

quad,

four

radi, radio

x-ray, radiation

re,

back, again

rect, recto

rectum

ren, reno

kidney

retro

backward, in back

rhin, rhino

nose, pertaining to the nose

rraphy

suture of, sewing up a gap

rrhagia

sudden flow, excessive flow