Banay G.L. An Introduction to Medical Terminology I. Greek and Latin Derivations

Bull Med Libr Assoc, 1948. — 27 p.Although medical terms have been drawn from many languages, a large majority are from Greek and Latin. Some familiarity with the meaning of the most frequently used roots, prefixes, and suffixes will clarify the whole field. With this little paper, it will be found that the long and formidable sounding medical terms are a combihation of words which describe parts of the body, a function, or a condition.I. Greek in medical terminology
II. Latin in medical terminology