# மருத்துவ இலத்தீன கிரேக்கக் கலைச்சொற்கள் பட்டியல்

## முன்னொட்டுகளும் பின்னொட்டுகளும்

### P

| Prefix/suffix | Meaning | Origin language and etymology | Example(s) |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **pachy-** | thick | Greek παχύς | pachyderma |  |
| **palpebr-** | Of or pertaining to the eyelid *[uncommon as a root]* | Latin (palpebra), eyelid | Palpebra |  |
| **pan-, pant(o)-** | Denoting something as 'complete' or containing 'everything' | Ancient Greek πᾶς, παν- (*pas, pan-*), all, every | panophobia, panopticon |  |
| **papill-** | Of or pertaining to the nipple (of the chest/breast) | Latin (papilla), nipple; dimunitive of papula (see below) | Papillitis |  |
| **papul(o)-** | Indicates papulosity, a small elevation or swelling in the skin, a pimple, swelling | Latin (papula), pimple, pustle; a small elevation or swelling in the skin | Papulation |  |
| **para-** | alongside of, abnormal | Ancient Greek παρά (*para*) |  |  |
| **-paresis** | slight paralysis | Greek πάρεσις | hemiparesis |  |
| **parvo-** | small | Latin parvus | Parvovirus |  |
| **path(o)-** | disease | Greek πάθος | நோயியல் |  |
| **-pathy** | Denotes (with a negative sense) a disease, or disorder | Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos), suffering, accident | sociopathy, neuropathy |  |
| **ped-, -ped-, -pes ** | Of or pertaining to the foot; -footed | Latin *pēs*, *pēd-*, foot | Pedoscope |  |
| **pelv(i)-, pelv(o)-** | hip bone | Latin | இடுப்பு வளையம் |  |
| **-penia** | deficiency | Greek πενία | எலும்புத் திண்மக் குறை |  |
| **peo-** | Of or pertaining to the penis | Greek πέος (peos) | Peotomy |  |
| **-pepsia** | Denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestive tract. | Ancient Greek πεπτός (*peptós*) cooked, digested < πέσσω (péssō) I boil, cook; digest | செரியாமை |  |
| **per-** | through | Latin |  |  |
| **peri-** | Denoting something with a position 'surrounding' or 'around' another | Ancient Greek περί (*peri*), around | Periodontal |  |
| **-pexy** | fixation | Greek πῆξις | Nephropexy |  |
| **phaco-** | lens-shaped | Greek φακός | phacolysis, phacometer, phacoscotoma |  |
| **-phage, -phagia** | Forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion | Ancient Greek φαγία (*phagía*) eating < φαγεῖν (*phagein*) to eat | Sarcophagia |  |
| **-phago-** | eating, devouring | Greek -φάγος | தின்குழியம் |  |
| **phagist-**: | Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word | Ancient Greek φαγιστής (phagistēs) eater; see *-phagia* | Lotophagi |  |
| **-phagy** | Forms nouns that denotes 'feeding on' the first element or part of the word | Ancient Greek φαγία (phagia) eating; see *-phagia* | Anthropophagy |  |
| **phallo-** | phallus | Greek φαλλός (phallos) | Aphallia |  |
| **pharmaco-** | drug, medication | Greek φάρμακον | pharmacology |  |
| **pharyng(o)-** | Of or pertaining to the pharynx, the upper throat cavity | Ancient Greek φάρυγξ, φαρυγγ- (phárynx, pháryng-), throat, windpipe; chasm | Pharyngitis, Pharyngoscopy |  |
| **-phil(ia)** | attraction for | Greek φιλία | ஈமோஃபீலியா |  |
| **phleb(o)-** | Of or pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein | Ancient Greek φλέψ, φλεβ- (phleps, phlebo-), blood-vessel, vein | Phlebography, Phlebotomy |  |
| **-phobia** | exaggerated fear, sensitivity | Greek φόβος | arachnophobia |  |
| **phon(o)-** | sound | Greek φωνή | phonograph, symphony |  |
| **phos-** | Of or pertaining to light or its chemical properties, now historic and used rarely. See the common root **phot(o)-** below. | Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτ- (phōs, phōt-), light | ஒளிப்போலி |  |
| **phot(o)-** | Of or pertaining to light | Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτ- (phōs, phōt-), light | Photopathy |  |
| **piri-** | Pear | Latin *pirum*, pear | Piriformis |  |
| **phren(i)-, phren(o)-, phrenico** | the mind | Greek φρήν, φρεν- | Phrenic nerve, மனப்பித்து, diaphragm |  |
| **-plasia** | formation, development | Greek πλάσις | எலும்பு வளர்ச்சிக் குறை |  |
| **-plasty** | surgical repair, reconstruction | Greek πλαστός | rhinoplasty |  |
| **-plegia** | paralysis | Greek πληγή | paraplegia |  |
| **pleio-** | more, excessive, multiple | Greek pleion | pleiomorphism |  |
| **pleur(o)-, pleur(a)** | Of or pertaining to the ribs | Latin (*pleura*) from Ancient Greek πλευρόν (*pleurón*), rib, side of the body | Pleurogenous |  |
| **-plexy** | stroke or seizure | Greek πλῆξις | Cataplexy |  |
| **pneum(o)-** | Of or pertaining to the lungs | Ancient Greek πνεύμων, πνευμον- (pneumōn, pneumon-), lung < πνεῦμα (pneuma), wind, spirit | Pneumonocyte, நுரையீரல் அழற்சி |  |
| **pneumat(o)-** | air, lung | Ancient Greek |  |  |
| **pod-, -pod-, -pus ** | Of or pertaining to the foot, -footed | Ancient Greek πούς, ποδ- (poús, pod-), foot | Podiatry |  |
| **-poiesis** | production | hematopoiesis |  |  |
| **polio-** | Denoting a grey color | Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós), grey | இளம்பிள்ளை வாதம் |  |
| **poly-** | Denotes a 'plurality' of something | Ancient Greek πολυς (polys), much, many | Polymyositis |  |
| **por(o)-** | pore, porous |  |  |  |
| **porphyr(o)-** | Denotes a purple color | Ancient Greek πορπύρα (*porphýra*), purple | Porphyroblast |  |
| **post-** | Denotes something as 'after' or 'behind' another | Latin (post), after, behind | Postoperation, பிணக்கூறு ஆய்வு |  |
| **pre-** | Denotes something as 'before' another (in [physical] position or time) | Medieval Latin (pre-) < (Classical) Latin (præ), before, in front of | Prematurity |  |
| **presby(o)-** | old age | Greek | மூப்புப்பார்வை |  |
| **prim-** | Denotes something as 'first' or 'most-important' | Latin *prīmus*, first, most important | Primary |  |
| **pro-** | Denotes something as 'before' another (in [physical] position or time) | Ancient Greek προ (*pro*), before, in front of | Procephalic |  |
| **proct(o)-** | மலவாய், rectum | proctology |  |  |
| **prosop(o)-** | முகம் | Greek (*prosopon*), face, mask | Prosopagnosia |  |
| **prot(o)-** | Denotes something as 'first' or 'most important' | Ancient Greek πρωτος (*prōtos*), first; principal, most important | Protoneuron |  |
| **pseud(o)-** | Denotes something false or fake | Ancient Greek |  |  |
| **psych(e)-, psych(o)** | Of or pertaining to the mind | Ancient Greek ψυχή (*psyché*), breath, life, soul | உளவியல், psychiatry |  |
| **pterygo-** | Pertaining to a wing | Greek | Lateral pterygoid plate |  |
| **psor-** | Itching | காளாஞ்சகப்படை |  |  |
| **-ptosis** | falling, drooping, downward placement, prolapse | உயிரணு தன்மடிவு |  |  |
| **-ptysis** | (a spitting), spitting, hemoptysis, the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes | hemoptysis |  |  |
| **pulmon-, pulmo-** | Of or relating to the நுரையீரல். | Latin (*pulmo*, pulmōn-, *usually used in plural*), a lung | pulmonary |  |
| **pyel(o)-** | இடுப்பு வளையம் | Ancient Greek (pyelos) | Pyelonephritis |  |
| **pyo-** | சீழ் | Greek πύον | Pyometra |  |
| **pyro-** | காய்ச்சல் | Greek πῦρ, πυρετός | காய்ச்சலடக்கி | } |