greek terminology

• aem-, em-, haem-, hem-, haemato-, hemato- = blood, sanguis (latin)
• -aesthesia, -esthesia = perception, sensitivity
• kerat-, kerato- = cornea, horny tissue/cells
• -logia = -logy (study of)
• ox- = oxygen
• plak- = plate, plaque
• -plasia = formation, growth
• -pnea = breath, breathing, respiration
• pneumo-, pneumon- = lung, breathing, air, airway
• -rrhagia = excessive or unusual discharge; eg: haemorrhagia (haemorrhage)
• therm-, thermo- = heat, hot
• -tresia, (-)tresis = perforation
• acne, es f = acne
• systole, es f = systole
• diastole, es f = diastole
• perone, es f = perone, fibula
• phlegmone, es f = phlegmon, localized area of acute inflammation of the soft tissues
• rhaphe/raphe, es f = rhaphe, raphe, suture
• myocele, es f = myocele, protrusion of muscle through its sheath
• ureterocele, es f = ureterocele, swelling at the bottom of one of the ureters
• aloe, es f = aloe
• ascites, ae m = ascites, abdominal dropsy, hydroperitoneum, edema
• diabetes, ae m = diabetes
• aden- = gland
• aetio- = cause
• amygdal- = tonsil
• bio- = life
• blephar- = eyelid
• colp- = vagina
• cyst- = bladder
• cholecyst- = gall bladder
• cyt-/-cytus = cell
• dacry- = tear
• dacryocyst- = lacrimal sac
• gloss-/-glossia = tongue
• gnath-/-gnathia = jaw
• gyn- = female
• hydr- = water
• histo- = tissue
• kerat- = cornea