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patr- 41<br />
-phagia<br />
path-, stem <strong>of</strong> paschein to experience, suffer 1 :feeling : suffering<br />
apathy telepathy 2 :disease <strong>of</strong> a specified part or<br />
kind idiopathy myopathy 3 :therapy or system <strong>of</strong> therapy<br />
based on a specified unitary theory <strong>of</strong> disease or its treatment<br />
homeopathy<br />
patr- or patri- or patro- combining form patr- partly fr. L, fr.<br />
patr-, pater partly fr. Gk, fr. patr-, patr patri- fr. ME, fr. MF,<br />
fr. L, fr. patr-, pater patro-, NL, fr. Gk, fr. patr-, patr : father<br />
patrikin patrilineal patristic patroclinal patrogenesis<br />
patronomatology<br />
pauci- combining form L, fr. paucus little : few paucifoliate<br />
paucidisperse<br />
-pe- combining form piperidine : complete hydrogenation <br />
in names <strong>of</strong> cyclic bases lupetidine pipecoline<br />
pectin- or pectini- combining form NL pectin-, pecten pecten<br />
: comb : pecten pectinoid pectiniform Pectinibranchia<br />
ped- or pedi- or pedo- combining form ped-, pedi- fr. L, fr.<br />
ped-, pes foot pedo- fr. ped- + -o- 1 :foot : feet pediform<br />
pedigerous pedicure 2 :a creature or object specified<br />
having feet or footlike projections Pediastrum pedrail 3<br />
: something specified involving the feet pedomotor<br />
ped- or pedo- combining form Gk pedon ground, earth : soil<br />
pedogenesis pedogeography<br />
-ped adj combining form L -ped-, -pes, fr. ped-, pes foot : having<br />
such or so many feet scutiped<br />
-ped or -pede n combining form - L ped-, pes : foot maxilliped<br />
maxillipede<br />
pedati- combining form L pedatus : pedate pedatiform<br />
: pedately pedatisect<br />
pedi- or pedio- combining form Gk, fr. pedion : flat surface<br />
: plain Pedioecetes : sole <strong>of</strong> the foot pedialgia<br />
Pediococcus<br />
pel- or pelo- combining form ISV, fr. Gk pl-, plo-, fr. plos<br />
perh. akin to L pallre to be pale : clay : mud pelite<br />
Pelomyxa<br />
pelag- or pelago- combining form L pelag-, fr. Gk pelag-, pelago-,<br />
fr. pelagos : sea pelagial<br />
-pellic adj combining form Gk pella wooden bowl + E -ic<br />
: having such a pelvis dolichopellic<br />
-pelmous adj combining form Gk pelma sole <strong>of</strong> the foot + E<br />
-ous : having such a sole heteropelmous<br />
pelv- or pelvi- or pelvo- combining form ISV, fr. NL pelvis 1<br />
: pelvis pelvic pelviscope 2 : pelvic <strong>and</strong> pelvisacral<br />
pelvorenal<br />
pene- also pen- prefix L paene-, pene-, fr. paene, pene almost<br />
: almost peneplain penacute<br />
-penia n combining form - NL, fr. Gk penia poverty, lack<br />
: deficiency <strong>of</strong> erythropenia thrombopenia eosinopenia<br />
penni- also penno- combining form L penni-, fr. penna feather,<br />
wing 1 :feather pennoplume penniform 2 :pinnately<br />
penninerved penniveined<br />
penta- or pent- or pen- combining form ME pent-, fr. Gk pent-,<br />
penta-, fr. pente 1 :five pentacyclic pentahedron pentalobate<br />
pentode 2 : containing five atoms, groups, or<br />
equivalents pentahydrate pentamine pentaacetate<br />
penthiophene<br />
pentadeca- or pentadec- combining form L Gk pentedeka-, fr.<br />
Gk pentekaideka, lit., five <strong>and</strong> ten, fr. penta- + kai <strong>and</strong> + deka<br />
ten : fifteen pentadecahydrate<br />
-pepsia n combining form - L, fr. Gk, fr. pepsis digestion<br />
: digestion bradypepsia<br />
pepsino- combining form ISV, fr. pepsin : pepsin pepsinogenic<br />
-pepsy n combining form - L -pepsia : -<br />
pept- or pepto- combining form ISV, fr. peptone : peptone<br />
peptide peptogenic<br />
pepton- combining form ISV, fr. peptone : - peptonuria<br />
peptonize<br />
per- prefix in sense 1, fr. L, throughout, thoroughly, completely,<br />
deviating from also, used as verbal prefix with the<br />
meanings through, throughout, thoroughly, detrimentally,<br />
<strong>and</strong> to denote completion or perfection or intensifica-<br />
tion, fr. per through, by in sense 2, fr. per through, by 1 a<br />
: throughout perdominant b 1 : containing the largest<br />
possible or a relatively large proportion <strong>of</strong> a specified chemical<br />
element esp. as a result <strong>of</strong> exhaustive substitution for<br />
hydrogen or <strong>of</strong> exhaustive addition in an organic compound<br />
or group perchloroethylene perhydronaphthalene CH<br />
compare - 2a 2 : containing an element in its highest<br />
or a high oxidation state perchloric acid 2 :through<br />
perradius : by means <strong>of</strong> perlingual<br />
peri- prefix L, fr. Gk, fr. peri akin to Gk peran to pass<br />
through 1 :all around : about : round Periarctic pericenter<br />
pericyclone periscope 2 : near perihelion 3 a<br />
: enclosing or surrounding perineurium periproct perisinuous<br />
b :tissue surrounding a specified part in terms<br />
in -itis periarthritis<br />
pericardi- or pericardio- or pericardo- combining form NL<br />
pericardium 1 : pericardium pericardiectomy pericardiosymphysis<br />
pericardotomy 2 :pericardial <strong>and</strong> pericardiophrenic<br />
pericardiopleural<br />
periost- or perioste- or periosteo- combining form NL periosteum<br />
1 : periosteum periosteomyelitis periosteoma<br />
periostitis 2 :periosteal <strong>and</strong> periosteoalveolar<br />
peripher- or periphero- combining form periphery 1 :periphery<br />
peripherad : peripheral peripheroneural 2 :peripheral<br />
<strong>and</strong> peripherocentral<br />
periton- or peritone- or peritoneo- combining form LL peritoneum<br />
1 : peritoneum peritonealgia peritoneoplasty<br />
peritonitis 2 :peritoneal <strong>and</strong> peritoneomuscular peritoneopericardial<br />
permo- combining form, usu cap ISV, fr. Permian : Permian<br />
<strong>and</strong> esp. in the names <strong>of</strong> geologic strata Permocarboniferous<br />
Permopennsylvanian Permotriassic<br />
peroneo- combining form peroneal : peroneal <strong>and</strong> peroneocalcaneal<br />
perono- combining form, cap NL, fr. perone fibula : pin<br />
: fibula Peronospora in the names <strong>of</strong> taxa<br />
peta- combining form ISV, modif. <strong>of</strong> Gk penta- penta-<br />
: quadrillion peta-electron volts<br />
-petal adj combining form NL -petus -petal fr. L petere to go<br />
toward, seek + E -al : going toward : seeking acropetal<br />
-petalae n pl combining form NL, fr. fem. pl. <strong>of</strong> -petalus<br />
-petalous : ones having such or so many petals in names<br />
<strong>of</strong> botanical groups Choripetalae<br />
-petalous adj combining form NL -petalus, fr. petalum petal<br />
: having such or so many petals apopetalous<br />
petr- or petri- or petro- combining form MF petr-, petri- L<br />
petr- NL petro-, fr. Gk petr-, petro-, fr. petros stone petra<br />
rock 1 a : stone : rock petrescent Petricola petrogenesis<br />
b :petroleum petroporphyrins 2 :<strong>of</strong> or relating to the<br />
petrous portion <strong>of</strong> the temporal bone <strong>and</strong> petrohyoid<br />
-pexy n combining form - NL, -pexia, fr. Gk -pxia solidity,<br />
fr. pxis solidity, freezing, putting together fr. pgnynai to fix,<br />
fasten together + -ia -y : fixation : making fast colloidopexy<br />
gastropexy<br />
phac- or phaco- or phak- or phako- combining form Gk phak-,<br />
phako-, fr. phakos lentil, object shaped like a lentil, mole,<br />
wart 1 :lentil : thing shaped like a lentil Phacochoerus<br />
phacolith Phacops 2 a : lens phacometer b usu phakor<br />
phako- : crystalline lens <strong>of</strong> the eye phakoma<br />
phaeo- or pheo- combining form Gk phaio-, fr. phaios dusky,<br />
gray : dun-colored phaeoderm Phaeophyceae <strong>of</strong>ten in<br />
names <strong>of</strong> compounds related to chlorophyll pheophytin<br />
phag- or phago- combining form Gk, fr. phagein to eat 1 :eating<br />
: feeding phagedena phagomania 2:phagocyte phagolysis<br />
-phaga n combining form, pl -phaga NL, fr. Gk phagein : eater<br />
: eaters in taxonomic names in zoology Entomophaga<br />
Lithophaga Xylophaga Glossophaga<br />
-phage also -phag n combining form - Gk -phagos, fr. phagein<br />
1:one that eats ostreophage xylophage 2 :cell as a<br />
phagocyte that destroys cells bacteriophage<br />
-phagia n combining form - NL, fr. Gk more at - 1<br />
: - hemophagia 2 :desire for food hyperphagia
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