latin terminology

• acuta = acute, sharp
• aperta = open
• auditiva = auditory
• benigna = benign, mild, innocent
• maligna = malignant
• cava = cava
• chronica = chronic
• clinica = clinical
• coronaria = coronary
• dextra = dexter, right
• sinistra = sinister, left
• adamantina = adamantine, hard substance
• eburnea = eburneous, resembling ivory
• fluida = fluid
• liquida = liquid
• alba = white
• grisea = gray
• flava = yellow
• longa = long
• magna = big, great, large
• parva = small, little
• mediana = middle
• medicata = medicated
• obliqua = oblique
• ossea = osteal, bony
• interossea = interosseal, between bones
• palatina = palatal
• perniciosa = pernicious, harmful
• posthaemorrhagica = posthaemorrhagic, after haemorrhage
• praematura = premature, precocious
• praevia = previous
• profunda = deep one
• saphena = saphenous, relating to leg veins
• spuria = spurious, false
• vera = true
• serotina = late
• tarda = tardy
• uterina = uterine
• amylacea = amylaceous
• cerata = waxed