词根词缀：past-

词根词缀：patent-

【来源及含义】Latin: to be open, lying open, to lie open

【同源单词】patent, patentability, patentable, patentee, patently, patentor

词根词缀：pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria

【来源及含义】Latin: father, dad, pop (family member); fatherland, country, nation

【同源单词】allopatric, allopatric, allopatric speciation, allopatrically, allopatry, amor patriae

词根词缀：path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy

【来源及含义】Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering, disease, or disorder; a system of treating diseases

【相关描述】In medicine, some of these elements usually mean "someone who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease"; so, they should not be confused with the words that mean "feeling" which are also shown on these pages even though both meanings come from the same Greek element.

【相关词根词缀】 Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; pass-.

【同源单词】acroleukopathy, acropathology, acropathy, adenopathy, adrenalopathy, adrenopathy

词根词缀：pauci-

【来源及含义】Latin: few, little

【同源单词】Multi sunt vocati, pauciflorous, paucifoliate, pauciloquence, pauciloquency, pauciloquent

词根词缀：pecca-, pecc-

【来源及含义】Latin: to err, to sin, to commit a crime

【相关词根词缀】 Related "sin, sinful" word unit: harmarto-.

【同源单词】impeccability, impeccable, impeccably, peccability, peccable, peccadillo

词根词缀：pectoro-, pector-

【来源及含义】Latin: breast, chest

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related, partially or totally, to: "breast, breasts, chest": mammill-; mammo-; masto-; mastoido-; mazo-; pleuro-; sterno-; stetho-; thorac-.

【同源单词】Ab imo pectore, angina pectoris, expectorant, expectorate, expectoration, expectorative

词根词缀：pecu-, pecun-

【来源及含义】Latin: cattle, property in cattle; private property; money; particular

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related to: "individual, personal": idio-; privat-, priv-.

【同源单词】Avarus non implebitur pecunia, impecuniosity, impecunious, impecuniously, impecuniousness, Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit

词根词缀：ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia

【来源及含义】Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; planta-; podo-; -pus.

【同源单词】aliped, anguiped, anomaliped, biped, bipedal, bipedal

词根词缀：pediculo-, pedicul-, pedico-, pedic-

【来源及含义】Latin: louse, lousy; of lice

【同源单词】pediculicide, pediculophobia, phthiriophobia