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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies.Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary.
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes.These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
The root language of a numerical prefix need not be related to the root language of the word that it prefixes. Some words comprising numerical prefixes are hybrid words . In certain classes of systematic names, there are a few other exceptions to the rule of using Greek-derived numerical prefixes.
Bi (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign and syllable; Bi (jade), a type of jade disk produced in ancient China; Bislama language (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code BI) Brain damage, brain injury, from different causes; Burning Index, quantifying the effort needed to contain a fire; Business interruption (BI), a concept in business interruption insurance
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.
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The word binomial is composed of two elements: bi-(Latin prefix meaning 'two') and nomial (the adjective form of nomen, Latin for 'name').In Medieval Latin, the related word binomium was used to signify one term in a binomial expression in mathematics. [7]