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Word Unit: philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism + (Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for; no hate, hatred, dislike, or negative responses).

Related "love, fondness" units: agape-; amat-; vener-; venus.

Word Unit: phleb-, phlebo-, -phleb + (Greek: vein, blood vessel; from the verb, phlein, "to flow").

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving "blood" word units: angi-; apheresis; -emia; hemo-; hemoglobin-; sangui-; vas-; vascul-.

Word Unit: phlego-, phleg- + (Greek [phlegmatikos] and Latin [phlegmaticus]: heat, inflammation; burn, inflame).

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.

Word Unit: phlogo-, phlog- + (Greek: fire, flame; inflammation).

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.

Word Unit: phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous + (Greek: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone; however, sometimes this Greek element means a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone).

Word Unit: phocomel- (Greek > Latin: bodily malformations; from "seal [fins]; a sea calf).

Word Unit: phon-, phono- + (Greek: (classic and modern) phono, phonos; slaughter, kill, murder, homicide).

Related "death, dead; kill" units: -cide; lethal-; mort-; neci-; necro-; thanato-.

Word Unit: phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony + (Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone).

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; English Words: Origins and Histories; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

Word Unit: phoro-, phor-, -phora, -phorous, -phoresis, -phore, -phori, -phoria + (Greek > Latin: bearer, to bear, carrying; producing, transmission; directing, turning; originally to carry or to bear children).

Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": duc-; -fer; ger-; later-, -lation; port-.

Word Unit: phospho-, phosph-, phosphoro-, phosphor- + (Greek: light, light bringer, shine; morning star; a nonmetallic chemical element that ignites when exposed to air).

Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-; splendo-.

Word Unit: photo-, phot-, -photic + (Greek: light; ultraviolet and infrared radiation; radiant energy).

Word Unit: phrag-, phragm-, phragmo-, phrax-, -phraxis + (Greek: fence, wall off, stop up; obstruction).

Word Unit: phras-, phra-, -phrasia, -phrase, -phrastic + (Greek: talk, speak, say).

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; English Words: Origins and Histories; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phon-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

Word Unit: phreat-, phreato-, phreati- + (Greek: a well, a tank, a reservoir; ground water).

Word Unit: phreno-, phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phrenic-, -phrenia, -phrenic, -phrenically (Greek: mind, brain; the midriff or the diaphragm; mental disorder).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units: anima-; anxi-; deliri-; hallucina-; menti-; moro-; noo-; nous; psych-; thymo-².

Word Unit: phret-, phreto- + (Greek: phreatia, a well, a reservoir, a tank; a cistern, a pit).

Word Unit: phront-, phorntid-; phronemo-, phron- (Greek: thought, care, attention; think, thinking, contemplation).

Word Unit: phryno-, phryn- (Greek: toad).

Word Unit: phtheir-, phtheiro-, phthiri-, phthirio- (Greek: louse, lice).

Word Unit: phthisio-, phthis-, phthi-, -phthisis + (Greek: decay, waste away, waning; loss, diminution).

Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: puro- (pus); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); pustu- (blister, pimple); putre- (rotten, decayed); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying).

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