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Word Unit: pancre-, pancreo-, pancreat-, pancreato-, pancreatic-, pancreatico- (Greek: pancreas [pan, "all" plus kreas, "flesh"; the idea apparently being that the pancreas is an organ composed entirely of glandular flesh]).

Word Unit: pand-, pans-, pass- (Latin: stretch, spread).

Word Unit: papaver- + (Latin: poppy; used in extended senses to mean "pertaining to, containing, or derived from opium").

Word Unit: papillo-, papill-, papilli- + (Latin: nipple; nipple-shaped elevation or growth).

Word Unit: papulo-, papul-, papuli- + (Latin: pimple, pustule).

Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": callus-; chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; hymen-; lepido- (scab, scale); psoro- (itch, mange); pustu- (blister, pimple); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil).

Word Unit: papyro-, papyr- + (Greek: papyros > Latin > Old French; papyrus, an Egyptian rush [a reed plant] from which material was made for writing or drawing. Used in the sense of "fibrous material on which to write or to draw").

Word Unit: par-, para- (Latin: to make ready, to get ready).

Word Unit: para, par (Greek: by the side of, beside; associated, near; past, beyond; contrary, wrong; abnormal, irregular).

Word Unit: para-, par- (Greek: by the side of, beside, past, beyond; contrary, wrong, irregular, abnormal).

Word Unit: para-, par-, -parous, -partum (Greek > Latin: to bring forth, to bear; producing viable offspring; giving birth to; brood; secreting).

Word Unit: pare-, pari-, pear- (Latin: to come forth, to be visible, to come in sight).

Word Unit: pari-, par- (Greek: same, equal, equality, equal value).

Related-word units meaning same: auto-; equ-; homeo-; homo-; iso-; peer-; syn-; tauto-.

Word Unit: parieto-, pariet- (Latin: wall [of a house], walls; used in the extended sense of "the walls of a cavity or organ of the body").

Word Unit: part-, parti- (Latin: part, to divide).

Word Unit: partheno-, partho- (Greek: virgin, maiden, young girl).

Word Unit: parvo-, parvi- + (Latin: [parvus] small, little; minute, minuscule).

Word Unit: pass-, pati- + (Latin: suffering, feeling; enduring).

Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; patho-.

Word Unit: patent- (Latin: to be open, lying open, to lie open).

Word Unit: pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria (Latin: father, dad, pop (family member); fatherland, country, nation).

Word Unit: path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy + (Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering).

Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; pass-.

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