pathogenic. Causing disease.
pathology. That branch of medicine which treats of disease and the changes in the tissues of the body caused by disease.
pathy. Suffering, or disease as in Homeopathy—disease, the quality of being treated by likes.
pedicure. One who attends the feet, cosmetically.
per. Through, as in peripheral, away from the centre; the outer part of or surface.
peri. A Greek prefix meaning around or about.
peridental. Surrounding a tooth or part of a tooth.
periosteum. The fibrous membrane investing the surface of bones except at the point of tendinous and ligimentous attachment, and on the particular surfaces where cartilage is substituted.
periostitis. Inflammation of the periosteum.
periphery. The part of a body away from the centre; the outer part or surface, as of a bone or of a nerve.