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A Glossary of Medical Terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries, annotated with comments from Dr. Johnson's Dictionary.
The internets most comprehensive, easy to browse glossary for medical etymology. From acetabulum to zygomaticum - online etymology of +1000 medical terms.
Greek and Latin roots build up medical terms related to color, qualities, quantity and medical conditions. Pocket Anatomy built up a small glossary.
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). * Latin nouns are declined in two numerals: singularis (singular) and pluralis (plural). Declining Nouns
Few words of the earlier Latin terminology survived, and those that did were earthy terms such as penis, testis, and anus. The Greek terms often became latinized with Latin spelling and endings, as, for example, the Greek perikardion became pericardium.
Index of 750 medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in medical terminology. When available, Latin and Greek roots are provided after English definitions.
