Scientific Root Words (P's)

Front 1

pachy-

Back 1

thick

Front 2

paleo-

Back 2

old, ancient

Front 3

palm-

Back 3

broad, flat

Front 4

pan-

Back 4

all

Front 5

par-, para-

Back 5

beside, near, equal

Front 6

path-, -pathy

Back 6

disease, suffering

Front 7

-ped-

Back 7

foot

Front 8

-ped-

Back 8

child

Front 9

pent-

Back 9

five

Front 10

per-

Back 10

through

Front 11

peri-

Back 11

around

Front 12

permea-

Back 12

pass, go

Front 13

phag-

Back 13

eat

Front 14

pheno-

Back 14

show

Front 15

-phil-

Back 15

loving, fond of

Front 16

phon-, -phone

Back 16

sound

Front 17

-phore, pher-

Back 17

bear, carry

Front 18

photo-

Back 18

light

Front 19

phren-

Back 19

mind, diaphragm

Front 20

phyc-

Back 20

seaweed, algae

Front 21

phyl-

Back 21

related group

Front 22

-phyll

Back 22

leaf

Front 23

physic-

Back 23

nature, natural qualities

Front 24

phyt-, phyte

Back 24

platn

Front 25

pino-

Back 25

drink

Front 26

pinni-

Back 26

feather

Front 27

plan-

Back 27

roaming, wandering

Front 28

plasm-, -plast-

Back 28

form, formed into

Front 29

platy-

Back 29

flat

Front 30

pleur-

Back 30

lung, rib, side

Front 31

pneumo-

Back 31

lungs, air

Front 32

-pod

Back 32

foot

Front 33

ply-

Back 33

many, several

Front 34

por-

Back 34

opening

Front 35

port-

Back 35

carry

Front 36

post-

Back 36

after, behind

Front 37

pom

Back 37

fruit

Front 38

pre-

Back 38

before, ahead of time

Front 39

prim-

Back 39

first

Front 40

pro-

Back 40

forward, favoring, before

Front 41

p[roto-

Back 41

first, primary

Front 42

pseudo-

Back 42

false, deceptive

Front 43

psych-

Back 43

mind

Front 44

pter-

Back 44

having wings of fins

Front 45

pulmo-

Back 45

lung

Front 46

puls-

Back 46

drive, push

Front 47

pyr-

Back 47

heat, fire