denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestive tract
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dyspepsia
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peri‐
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denoting something with a position ‘surrounding’ or ‘around’ another
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periodontal
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‐pexy
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fixation
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nephropexy
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phaco‐
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lens‐shaped
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phacolysis, phacometer, phacoscotoma
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‐phage, ‐phagia
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forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion
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sarcophagia
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‐phago‐
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eating, devouring
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phagocyte
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‐phagy
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forms nouns that denote ‘feeding on’ the first element or part of the word
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hematophagy
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pharmaco‐
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drug, medication
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pharmacology
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pharyng(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the pharynx, the upper throat cavity
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pharyngitis, pharyngoscopy
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phleb(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein
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phlebography, phlebotomy
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‐phobia
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exaggerated fear, sensitivity
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arachnophobia
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phon(o)‐
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sound
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phonograph, symphony
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phot(o)‐
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of or pertaining to light
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photopathy
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phren(i)‐, phren(o)‐, phrenico
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the mind
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phrenic nerve, schizophrenia
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‐plasia
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formation, development
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achondroplasia
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‐plasty
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surgical repair, reconstruction
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rhinoplasty
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‐plegia
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paralysis
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paraplegia
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pleio‐
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more, excessive, multiple
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pleiomorphism
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pleur(o)‐, pleur(a)
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of or pertaining to the ribs
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pleurogenous
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‐plexy
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stroke or seizure
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cataplexy
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pneumat(o)‐
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air, lung
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pneumatocele
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pneum(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the lungs
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pneumonocyte, pneumonia
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‐poiesis
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production
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haematopoiesis
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poly‐
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denotes a ‘plurality’ of something
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polymyositis
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post‐
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denotes something as ‘after’ or ‘behind’ another
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post‐operation, post‐mortem
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pre‐
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denotes something as ‘before’ another (in [physical] position or time)
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premature birth
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presby(o)‐
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old age
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presbyopia
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prim‐
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denotes something as ‘first’ or ‘most important’
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primary
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proct(o)‐
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anus, rectum
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proctology
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prot(o)‐
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denotes something as ‘first’ or ‘most important’
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protoneuron
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pseud(o)‐
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denotes something false or fake
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pseudoephedrine
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psor‐
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itching
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psoriasis
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psych(e)‐, psych(o)
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of or pertaining to the mind
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psychology, psychiatry
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‐ptosis
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falling, drooping, downward placement, prolapse
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apoptosis, nephroptosis
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‐ptysis
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(a spitting), spitting, haemoptysis, the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes
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haemoptysis
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pulmon‐, pulmo‐
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of or relating to the lungs
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pulmonary
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pyel(o)‐
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pelvis
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pyelonephritis
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py(o)‐
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pus
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pyometra
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pyr(o)‐
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fever
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antipyretic
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quadr(i)‐
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four
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quadriceps
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radio‐
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radiation
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radiowave
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ren(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the kidney
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renal
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retro‐
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