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GREEK ROOTS:
pachys — Thick, stout.
paidon — Young child.
palaios — Old, ancient.
para- — Beside, beyond, along, near, by.
parthena — Virgin.
pathe — Suffering, misfortune.
pelos — Clay, mud, mire.
peri — Round about, around, all around.
phagein — To eat.
phakos — Lentil, lentil-shaped, as a lens.
phallos — Penis.
phaneros — Visible, manifest.
pharmakon — Drug, medicine, potion, poison.
phileo — To love, regard with affection.
phleps — Blood vessel, whether vein or artery.
phonema — Sound, utterance.
phoresis — Being borne.
phoros — Bearing.
photiso — Shine, give light.
phren — Mind.
phthio — To decay, wane, waste away.
phthora — Destruction, death.
phykos — Seaweed.
phylakeia — Guard, protection.
phylon — Tribe, race.
phyllon — Leaf.
physa — Bellows.
phyton — Plant.
pikros — Bitter.
pithekos — Ape, monkey.
plakes — Plates.
planos — Wandering.
plasm — Anything formed or molded.
platys — Flat, level.
plege — Stroke, blow.
pleura — Rib, side.
pneo — To breathe.
pneumon — Lung.
poiesis — Fabrication, creation, production.
poikilos — Spotted, varied, changeable.
polios — Gray.
poly- — Many, much, too much, excessive.
pous, podos, podi, poa — Foot.
proto- — First (in time).
pseudo- — False.
psyche — Life, spirit, soul, mind, consiousness.
pteris — Fern.
pteron — Feathers, wing, winged one.
ptyalon — Sputum, saliva.
pyelos — Tub, vat, trough.
pyge — Rump, buttocks.
pyknos — Close, compact, narrow, constricted.
pyle — Orifice.
pyloros — Gatekeeper.
pyon — Pus.
pyr — Fire.
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LATIN ROOTS:
paludis — Swamp, marsh.
papilla — Papule, pustule.
parare — Give birth to; beget, bring forth.
pecus, pecoris — Cattle, herd.
pelvis — Shallow basin.
penis — Penis.
per — Through, during, by.
pes, pedis — Foot.
petra — Rock, boulder, stone.
pilus — Hair.
pinus — Pine, fir.
planus — Flat.
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plumbum — Lead (the element).
plus, pluris — More, too much.
pons, pontis — Bridge.
post — Behind, after, afterwards.
prae — Before, in front of, forward.
pro — On behalf of, for, before, beforehand, in front.
psittacus — Parrot.
pubescere — To reach physical maturity, grow body hair.
pulex, pulicis — Flea.
pulmo, pulmonis — Lung.
pus, puris — Pus.
quadratus (also: quadrum) — Square.
qualitas — Quality, nature.
quasi — As if.
quattuor, quartus -a -um, quaterni -ae -a, — Four.
quercus — Oak.
quietus — Resting, sleeping.
quingenti — Five hundred.
quinque, quintus -a -um, quini -ae -a — Five.
quiris (also: curis) — A spear.
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