Greek Words in the Modern English Medical Vocabulary
Hundreds, if not thousands, of words from Greek have passed into the medical vocabulary of modern English. Among the most common are:
- βιος = bios = life
- γενεα = genea = birth, race, descent
- γυναικ- = gynec- = woman
- καρδια = cardia = heart
- οφθαλμος = ophthalmos = eye
- παιδ- = ped- = child
- πνευμα = pneuma = breath
- φυσις = physis = being; nature
