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The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here. Abbrev. Meaning. Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin.
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
* Latin nouns have five basic cases that determine what function the noun serves in the sentence. The word’s suffix determines the noun’s case. * Latin has five declensions (noun groups that use the same suffix for each case).
Greek and Latin roots build up medical terms related to color, qualities, quantity and medical conditions. Pocket Anatomy built up a small glossary.
Index of 750 medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in medical terminology. When available, Latin and Greek roots are provided after English definitions.
The internets most comprehensive, easy to browse glossary for medical etymology. From acetabulum to zygomaticum - online etymology of +1000 medical terms.
Medical terminology often uses words created using prefixes and suffixes in Latin and Ancient Greek. In medicine, their meanings, and their etymology, are informed by the language of origin. Prefixes and suffixes, primarily in Greek—but also in Latin, have a droppable -o-.
