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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    First, prefixes and suffixes, most of which are derived from ancient Greek or classical Latin, have a droppable vowel, usually -o-. As a general rule, this vowel almost always acts as a joint-stem to connect two consonantal roots (e.g. arthr- + -o- + -logy = arthrology ), but generally, the -o- is dropped when connecting to a vowel-stem (e.g ...

  3. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.

  4. Deus - Wikipedia

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    Deus (Classical Latin:, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈd̪ɛː.us]) is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". Latin deus and dīvus ("divine") are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European *deiwos, "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as *Dyēus, the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon.

  5. Nomina sacra - Wikipedia

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    A nomen sacrum consists of two or more letters from the original word spanned by an overline. Biblical scholar and textual critic Bruce M. Metzger lists 15 such words treated as nomina sacra from Greek papyri: the Greek counterparts of God, Lord, Jesus, Christ, Son, Spirit, David, Cross, Mother, Father, Israel, Savior, Man, Jerusalem, and Heaven.

  6. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .

  7. Glossary of ancient Roman religion - Wikipedia

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    The aedes was the dwelling place of a god. [5] It was thus a structure that housed the deity's image, distinguished from the templum or sacred district. [6] Aedes is one of several Latin words that can be translated as "shrine" or "temple"; see also delubrum and fanum.

  8. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Deus alternatively Deo/Dios in Romance languages is the name of God. It comes from the Latin which in turn comes from the Greek "Zeus", who in Greek mythology he was the god of the gods. The word "Zeus"which has the same Indo-European root*dyeu-or "day", and means sun or bright. The Romans incorporated the Greek pantheon by giving them their ...

  9. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.