词根词缀：pulver-, pulv-, pulvi-

【来源及含义】Latin: dust

【同源单词】pulver, pulverable, pulveraceous, pulverate, pulverization, pulverize

词根词缀：pulvin-, pulvill-

【来源及含义】Latin: cushion

词根词缀：pung-, punc-, punct-

【来源及含义】Latin: pungere, punctum to strike, to hit, to punch, to pierce, to puncture, to point, to sting, to bite; a dot, a mark; a point, a sharp point, a pinpoint

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": acerb-; aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); acuto- (not "sour"); oxy-.

【同源单词】acupoint, acupunctuate, acupunctuation, acupuncturation, acupuncture, acupuncture

词根词缀：pupillo-, pupill-

【来源及含义】Latin: [diminutive of pupa, a young girl, doll or puppets] the pupil of the eye; including the larva of insects

【相关描述】The term pupil came into existence because when one looked closely into another person's eyes, he/she could see the reflections of little images ["dolls" or "puppets"] of her/himself.

【相关词根词缀】 Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; irido-; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; retino-; uveo-.

【同源单词】interpupillary, iridopupillary, oculopupillary, pupilla, pupillage, pupillarity

词根词缀：purg-

【来源及含义】Latin: clean, cleanse, purify

【同源单词】compurgation, expurgate, expurgated, expurgation, impure, pure

词根词缀：puro-, puru-

【来源及含义】Latin: pus

【相关词根词缀】 Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); 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). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; pus-; pustu-; pyo-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.

【同源单词】mucopurulent, purohepatitis, puromucous, purulence, purulency, purulent

词根词缀：-pus

【来源及含义】Greek: foot

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

【同源单词】Ailuropod, apus, Bradypodiadae, Deuterosauropodopus, dipus, macropus

词根词缀：pusill-

【来源及含义】Latin: very weak, little, very small

【同源单词】pusillanimity, pusillanimous, pusillanimously, pusillanimousness

词根词缀：pustu-

【来源及含义】Latin: blister, pimple

【相关词根词缀】 Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); puro- (pus); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); 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). Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": callus-; chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; hymen-; lepido- (scab, scale); papulo- (pimple); psoro- (itch, mange); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; puro-; pus-; pyo-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.

【同源单词】acropustulosis, papulopustular, pustulant, pustular, pustulate, pustulation

词根词缀：put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative

【来源及含义】Latin: putatus past participle of putare: to think over, consider, reckon, count; to trim, prune, lop, cut, clean, clear, unmixed

【相关描述】From Latin, puto-, putare: literally; especially of trees, "to lop, to prune" and "to cleanse, to clear"; then (1) "to clear up, to settle"; especially, of accounts; (2) "to reckon, to estimate, to value"; (3) "to consider, to hold, to believe, to think".

【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.

【同源单词】account, account, accountability, accountable, accountably, accountant