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optic(o)‐
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of or relating to chemical properties of the eye
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opticochemical
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orchi(o)‐, orchid(o)‐, orch(o)‐
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testis
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orchiectomy, orchidectomy
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‐osis
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a condition, disease or increase
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ichthyosis, psychosis, osteoporosis
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osseo‐
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bony
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osseous
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ossi‐
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bone
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peripheral ossifying fibroma
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ost(e)‐, oste(o)‐
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bone
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osteoporosis
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ot(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the ear
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otology
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ovo‐, ovi‐, ov‐
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of or pertaining to the eggs, the ovum
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ovogenesis
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pachy‐
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thick
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pachyderma
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paed‐, paedo‐
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of or pertaining to the child
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paediatrics
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palpebr‐
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of or pertaining to the eyelid (uncommon as a root)
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palpebra
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pan‐, pant(o)‐
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denoting something as ‘complete’ or containing ‘everything’
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panophobia, panopticon
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papill‐
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of or pertaining to the nipple (of the chest/breast)
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papillitis
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papul(o)‐
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indicates papulosity, a small elevation or swelling in the skin, a pimple, swelling
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papulation
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para‐
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alongside of, abnormal
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paracyesis
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‐paresis
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slight paralysis
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hemiparesis
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parvo‐
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small
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parvovirus
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path(o)‐
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disease
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pathology
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‐pathy
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denotes (with a negative sense) a disease, or disorder
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sociopathy, neuropathy
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p.c.
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post cibum
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after food
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pector‐
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breast
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pectoralgia, pectoriloquy, pectorophony
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ped‐, ‐ped‐, ‐pes
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of or pertaining to the foot; ‐footed
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pedoscope
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pelv(i)‐, pelv(o)‐
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hip bone
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pelvis
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‐penia
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deficiency
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osteopenia
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‐pepsia
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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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haematophagy
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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,
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