Medical Terminology Letter P
| TERM | MEANING |
| pachy- | thick |
| -pagus | conjoined twins |
| palat/o | palate |
| pale/o | old |
| palin-, pali- | recurrence, repetition |
| palliat/o | soothe, relieve |
| palp/o, palpat/o | to touch gently |
| pan- | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pant/o | all, whole |
| -papa, parous | to bear, bring forth |
| papill/o | nipple-like, papilla |
| papul/o | papule, pimple |
| para- | alongside, near, beyond, abnormal |
| parasit/o | parasite |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -partum | childbirth, labor |
| patell/o | patella |
| path/o | disease |
| -pause | cessation |
| pector/o | chest |
| pedicul/o | louse |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| pel/o | mud |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| -penia | deficiency |
| pent-, penta- | five |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through, throughout |
| percuss/o | to tap |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| per/o | deformed, maimed |
| perone/o | fibula |
| perspir/o | breathe through |
| pest/i | plague, pests |
| peta- | quadrillion (10¹⁵) |
| -petal | moving toward, seeking |
| petr/o | stone, petrous region of temporal bone |
| -pexy | fixation |
| phac/o | lens |
| phag/o, -phagia | eating, ingestion |
| phak/o | lens |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| phall/o | penis |
| phaner/o | visible, apparent |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| phas/o, -phasia | speech |
| phen/o | appearance |
| phe/o | dusky |
| purgat/o | cleansing |
| purpur/i | purple |
| purul/o | pus formation |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyg/o | buttocks |
| pykn/o, pycn/o | thick, dense |
| pyl/e | portal vein |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| py/o | pus |
| pyret/o | fever |
| pyrex/o | feverishness, fever |
| pyr/o | heat, fire, fever |
| pytal/o | saliva |
