Meanings

root

ped/o

foot

LatinMusculoskeletal
root

ped/o

child

GreekGeneral

Terms built from ped/o

One term in the TermDecode library uses this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with ped/o marked.

  • orthopedicsMedical specialty dealing with bones and muscles

ped/o decoded step by step

One library term, read one part at a time.

orthopedics

  1. The root orth/o means “straight”.
  2. The root ped/o means “child”.
  3. Together: Medical specialty dealing with bones and muscles.

Other examples

Words that use ped/o but do not yet have their own page in the library.

pedalpedicurebipedalpediatric

Other word parts with the same meaning

Parts whose definition shares a gloss with ped/o, word for word.

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