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Latin Medical Terms
List of some Latin roots you can normally find in medical terms
Latin Term | English Meaning |
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Auto- | Self |
Brachy- | Short |
Brady- | Slow |
Brevis | Short |
Cavus | Hollow |
Coel | Hollow |
Cryo | Cold |
Crypto | Hidden, concealed |
Dextro | Right |
Diplo | Double, twice |
Dys | Difficult, bad, disordered |
Eu | Well, good |
Glyco- | Sugar, sweet |
Haplo | Single, simple |
Heter | Other |
Homo | Same |
Hydro | Water |
Iso | Equal |
Lepto | Slender |
Levo | Left |
Macro | Large |
Magna | Great, large |
Malaco | Soft |
Malus | Bad |
Medius | Middle |
Megalo | Huge |
Meso | Middle, Mid |
Mio | Less |
Necro | Dead |
Neo | New |
Oligo | Few, little |
Ortho | Straight, normal, correct |
Oxy | Sharp, quick |
Pachy | Thick |
Paleo | Old |
Platy | Flat |
Poikilo | Varied |
Pronus | Face down |
Psuedo | False |
Sclero | Hard |
Scolio | Twisted, crooked |
Sinistro | Left |
Steno | Narrow |
Stereo | Solid, three dimensions |
Supinus | Face up |
Tachy | Fast, swift |
Xero | Dry |