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Increasing numbers of students entering the medical sciences, or related fields, are unfamiliar with Greek or Latin and so the medical terminology can be puzzling to them. This book explains the roots and origins of most medical terminology.
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Section 1
Latin and Greek word-roots used in medical terminology
“The question is”, said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
Lewis Carroll – ‘Alice through the looking glass.’
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a, ab | L | Movement away from. ABDUCT – to move a part of the body away from the mid-line. |
a, an | G | A negation or absence of something. ACAPNIA – an absence of carbon dioxide, often used improperly for reduced carbon dioxide concentration. See capnos |
ab | See a. | |
ablatus | L | Removed. ABLATION – extirpation of a part. |
abluo; ablutum | L | To wash away; washed clean. ABLUTION – washing or cleansing with water. See also luo. |
abortus | L | Prematurely born, miscarried. ABORTUS – a small foetus which cannot survive. |
abscessus | L | Abscess, congestion. ABSCESS. |
ac | See a. | |
acantha | G | A thorn, spine, spike. ACANTHOLYSIS – the breaking of the intercellular connections between the prickle-cells of the epidermis. |
acari | G | Tiny, something very small. ACARIASIS – infected with mites. |
Acarus | A kind of mite. See acari. | |
acervus | L | A heap. ACERVULUS – a later modification, now used to mean gritty material lying in association with the choroid plexus of the brain. |
acesis | G | A cure, healing, repair. ACESODYNE – relieving pain. |
acetabulum | L | A (vinegar) cup, cup-shaped structures, the socket of the hip-joint. ACETABULUM – the articular cup for the femoral head. Cf. cotyloid. |
acetum | L | Acid, vinegar. ACETONAEMIA – with excess ketones in the blood. See also keto. |
achne | G | Froth, chaff, down on a surface, loose surface material. ACNE – an inflammation of the skin. Some believe this word to come from acme. |
acinus | L | A grape, berry, shaped so. ACINI – subdivisions of a gland shaped like a multilocular berry. |
acme | G | ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Books consulted
- Abbreviations
- Section 1. Latin and Greek word-roots used in medical terminology
- Section 2. Medical terms divided into their constituent parts
- Section 3. The Greek and Latin equivalents of English terms used in Section 1