Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms - Department of Education ...
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plan- 44<br />
pogon-<br />
plan- or plano- combining form L planus flat, level 1 :flat<br />
planometer planoccipital 2 :flatly planorotund 3 :flat<br />
<strong>and</strong> plano-concave<br />
plani- combining form L planus : flat : level : plane planiform<br />
planigraphy<br />
-plania n combining form - NL, fr. Gk, act <strong>of</strong> w<strong>and</strong>ering, fr.<br />
planos w<strong>and</strong>ering + -ia -y more at - : a w<strong>and</strong>ering <strong>of</strong><br />
a specified substance into a tract not its own menoplania<br />
-plasia or -plasy n combining form, pl -plasias or -plasies NL<br />
-plasia, fr. Gk plasis molding + NL -ia -y : development : formation<br />
dysplasia heteroplasia homoplasy<br />
-plasis n combining form, pl -plases NL, fr. Gk plasis molding,<br />
fr. plassein to mold : molding anaplasis cataplasis paraplasis<br />
plasm- or plasmo- combining form F, fr. NL plasma 1 :plasma<br />
plasmapheresis plasmodium 2 :cytoplasm plasmolysis<br />
plasmogamy 3 :protoplasm plasmoptysis<br />
-plasm or -plasma n combining form - G -plasma, fr. NL plasma<br />
: formative or formed material as <strong>of</strong> a cell or tissue<br />
cytoplasm nucleoplasm karyoplasma metaplasm<br />
plasmato- combining form Gk plasmat-, plasma : -<br />
plasmatoparous<br />
-plasmia n combining form - NL, fr. plasma + -ia : a specified<br />
condition <strong>of</strong> the blood plasm oligoplasmia<br />
plasmod- or plasmodi- or plasmodio- combining form NL plasmodium<br />
: plasmodium plasmodiocarp plasmoditrophoblast<br />
plasmodic<br />
-plast n combining form - MF -plaste, fr. LL -plastus, fr. Gk<br />
-plastos, fr. plastos formed, molded 1 a : thing made gypsoplast<br />
meloplast b :plastic esp. in names <strong>of</strong> groups <strong>of</strong><br />
plastics phenoplast 2 a : organized particle or granule : cell<br />
bioplast leucoplast b :formative cell : - odontoplast<br />
-plastic adj combining form Gk -plastikos, fr. -plastos formed,<br />
molded, fr. plastos, verbal <strong>of</strong> plassein to form + -ikos -ic 1<br />
: developing : forming : growing heteroplastic xyloplastic<br />
2:<strong>of</strong> or relating to something designated by a term ending<br />
in -plasm, -plast, or -plasty rhinoplastic protoplastic<br />
plasto- combining form Gk, fr. plastos formed, molded 1 :formation<br />
: development plastochron plastotype 2 :plasticity<br />
: plastic plastometer plastomer 3 :cytoplasm plastogamy<br />
plastomere 4 :plastid plastogene<br />
-plasty n combining form - F -plastie, fr. Gk -plastia form,<br />
mold, fr. -plastos -plast + -ia -y : plastic surgery dermatoplasty<br />
autoplasty cineplasty<br />
platin- or platino- combining form NL platinum 1 :platinum<br />
platinotype platiniridium 2 :platinic acid platinate<br />
platini- combining form NL platinum : platinum platinichloride<br />
platiniferous<br />
platy- also plat- combining form LL plat-, fr. Gk plat-, platy-,<br />
fr. platys : flat : broad platycnemic platoid platypoda<br />
plect- or plecto- combining form Gk plektos, fr. plekein : twisted<br />
plectenchyma plectognath<br />
-plegia n combining form - NL, fr. Gk plg blow, stroke fr.<br />
the stem <strong>of</strong> plssein to strike + NL -ia : paralysis <strong>of</strong> a specified<br />
nature paraplegia<br />
-plegy n combining form - NL -plegia : paralysis <strong>of</strong> a specified<br />
nature<br />
pleio- or pleo- or plio- combining form Gk plein, plen 1<br />
: more Pleiocene pleomorphism pleomastia Pliocene<br />
2:Pliocene Pliohippus Pliopithecus<br />
plesi- or plesio- combining form NL plesi-, fr. Gk plsi-, plsio-,<br />
fr. plsios, fr. pelas near : close : near plesiomorphous plesiosaurus<br />
pleur- or pleuri- or pleuro- combining form NL, fr. L, fr. Gk,<br />
side, rib, fr. pleura 1 a : pleura pleurectomy pleuriseptate<br />
pleurogenic b :pleura <strong>and</strong> pleuropericarditis pleuropedal<br />
2 : side : lateral pleurite pleurocentrum 3 : rib<br />
pleural<br />
-pleura n combining form - NL, fr. ML pleura : lining : girdle<br />
endopleura epipleura<br />
-plex n combining form - partly fr. L -plex as in duplex<br />
duplex partly fr. complex, n. 1 :a figure having a given<br />
power googolplex 2 :a building divided into an <strong>of</strong>ten specified<br />
number <strong>of</strong> spaces as apartments or movie theaters<br />
fourplex multiplex<br />
-ploid adj combining form ISV, fr. diploid haploid : having<br />
or being a chromosome number that bears such a relationship<br />
to or is so many times the basic chromosome number<br />
characteristic <strong>of</strong> a given plant or animal group heteroploid<br />
hexaploid heptaploid<br />
plumb- or plumbo- combining form L plumb-, fr. plumbum<br />
: lead plumbate plumbojarosite<br />
pluri- combining form L, fr. plur-, plus more : many : having<br />
or being more than one : - pluriaxial plurilocular<br />
plut- or pluto- combining form Gk plout-, plouto-, fr. ploutos<br />
prob. akin to Gk plein to sail, float : wealth plutarchy plutomania<br />
pluvi- or pluvio- also pluvia- combining form ME pluvy-, fr. L<br />
pluvi-, fr. pluvia : rain pluviameter pluvian pluviography<br />
-pnea or -pnoea n combining form - NL, fr. Gk -pnoia, fr.<br />
pnoia, pno breathing, breath, fr. pnein to breathe : breath<br />
: breathing hyperpnea polypnoea oligopnea<br />
pneum- or pneumo- combining form NL, fr. Gk pneum-, fr.<br />
pneuma 1 :air : gas pneumoempyema pneumopericardium<br />
2 :lung : pulmonary <strong>and</strong> pneumogastric pneumectomy<br />
3 :respiration pneumogram 4 :pneumonia : pneumonia<br />
<strong>and</strong> pneumoenteritis pneumobacillus pneumococcus<br />
pneumat- or pneumato- combining form LGk, fr. Gk, fr. pneumat-,<br />
pneuma 1 : spirit pneumatophobia pneumatography<br />
2 : air : vapor : gas pneumatolytic pneumatize<br />
pneumaturia 3 : respiration pneumatograph<br />
pneumatometer 4 :pneumatic pneumatogram<br />
pneumon- or pneumono- combining form NL, fr. Gk, fr.<br />
pneumn : lung pneumonectomy pneumonocele<br />
-pneusta n pl combining form NL, fr. Gk -pneustos having<br />
such breath, fr. assumed Gk pneustos verbal <strong>of</strong> Gk pnein<br />
to breathe : animals having a specified mode <strong>of</strong> breathing<br />
in higher taxa Enteropneusta<br />
pod- or podo- combining form Gk, fr. pod-, pous 1 : foot<br />
podology podoscaph 2 :ho<strong>of</strong> pododerm 3 :peduncle<br />
: stalk Podocarpus Podophthalmia<br />
-pod n combining form - Gk -pod-, -pous, fr. -pod-, -pous, adj.<br />
combining form, having such or so many feet, fr. pod-, pous<br />
foot : one having such or so many feet chenopod<br />
-pod adj combining form Gk -pod-, -pous : having such or so<br />
many feet acanthopod<br />
-pod also -pode n combining form - NL podium foot 1 a : a<br />
footlike part pseudopode b :foot nectopod 2 :-<br />
endopod<br />
-poda n pl combining form NL, fr. Gk, neut. pl. <strong>of</strong> -pod-, -pous<br />
having such or so many feet : ones having such or so<br />
many feet in taxonomic names in zoology Arthropoda<br />
Decapoda Heteropoda compare -<br />
-podia n combining form - NL, fr. Gk, fr. pod- + -ia -y : condition<br />
<strong>of</strong> having such feet platypodia<br />
-podite n combining form - ISV pod- + -ite : segment <strong>of</strong> an<br />
appendage <strong>of</strong> an arthropod basipodite endopodite <br />
-poditic adj combining form<br />
-podium n combining form, pl -podia NL, fr. L podium 1 :one<br />
having a specified kind <strong>of</strong> foot or part resembling a foot <br />
in generic names Chenopodium Lycopodium 2 : foot<br />
: footlike part pleuropodium<br />
-podous adj combining form Gk -pod-, -pous having such or so<br />
many feet + E -ous more at - : having such or so<br />
many feet : -footed acanthopodous hexapodous<br />
poecil- or poecilo- or poikil- or poikilo- combining form Gk<br />
poikil-, poikilo-, fr. poikilos : variegated : various<br />
Poecilichthys poecilogony poikilitic poikiloblast<br />
pogon- or pogono- combining form NL, fr. Gk pgn-, pgno-,<br />
fr. pgn : beard : something resembling a beard Pogonia<br />
pogonotomy
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