ab#away, +errare(stray)=aberration,+oriri(be born) =abortion, +radare(scrape)=abrade, +scessus(going away)=abscess, +sorbere=absorb
abducent#ab= away + ducere=draw, abduct
abortion#ab=abnormal/premature, oriri=origin
abrration#ab + err, difficult to typify
abruptio# latin-separation. , divorce
acanthosis#akanthos=thorns
acarid#mite
aceto#vinegar,+ abulum=holder, cup-acetabulum
achalazia#failure to relax
Achilles#an iliad hero in homers epic vulnerable at heel
acne#acmee=face eruption
acridine#bitter, acrid = bitter
acro#extremity, acorn grk
actin#ray, radius
actinic#of sun, actis =beam of light
adenexa#appendage
adipocere#adipos=fat,cira=wax
adipose#fatty, adeps = fat
adrenal#ad=near, rein=kidney
ailuro#cat
akorn#extremity, +megalos=large, acromegaly
algid#algidus, algere=cold
algos#pain, algia
allantois#sausage sac, allas greek
allele#other pair, allos =other
allopathy#other than prevailing therapy, allos=other, pathos=suffering
allusion#uneasy hallucination
alveoli#alveus=cavity
ambiguous#ambi=both, ogere=drive, doubtful, vagus
amblyopia#amblus=dull, ops=eye
amenorrhea#a = no, men=month, rhein=flow
amnesia#no memory,mne=remember, hence Mnemonic
amoeba#amobie=changing shape
amorphous#a=not+morphe=form, shapeless
amylose#full of starch, amulon =starch
ana#up,  hence anode, +bole(assent)=up going anabolic, +tomia(cut)=anatomy
analeptic#analeptikos=take it back
anconeus#ancon= elbow
andro#ander=male
aneurysm#eurus=wide, dilatation
angina#aghone=struggle out, ischemic cry
animal#anima=soul,  breathers
anisocyte#aniosos=unequal
ankylostoma#hooked mouthed, angkulos=hooked, stoma= mouth
anopheles#anophelus=unprofitable
ansa#bilateral loops as jugs ears, see-ansa cervicalis
ante#before
anthos#flower
anthrax#coal
antrum#anteron=cave
aorta#roman highway, bigger than iter(road=artery), a+iro- Greek=raise
apathy#a+pathos(suffering), without feelings
ape#away , separate
aphronia#mental cerebral difficulty in understanding, a= no, phorenin=understand
apoplexy#anger
appendix#pendoo=hang down
arachnoid#arachn=spider, covered with cob web like hair
archives#record of begining, arche= begin
arcus#curve
aristo#aristhos= best
arrenoblastoma#arren=male, blatonin=to grow, oma=tumor
arthron#joint
artifact#arte=art, factum=make
aspera#asper = rough, file, see- linea aspera of femur
asthenia#a=no  + sthenos = power
astigmatism#a=no, stigma=point
astragalus#Talus, astragalos=mould, bottom
asylum#asulon=refuse
ataxia#disorderd,  a=no + tax / taxo =arrangement
atlas#atop, bone supports head,Atlos the mythical giant supports pillras of universe 
atresia#tresis greek=bore, no boring of canal
atrophy#a= no +trophin=feed
auris#ear
auxin#auxo=increase, stimulant
avis #bird, hence aviation
axilla#wing
axon#axis
azo#no life, nitrogen, blue shade., (a=no, zoo=life)
azygos#a= no, zugos=yoke, unpaired
bacilli#baculus=small stick
bagassosis#cane dust disease, french Bague= sack +osis =condition
ballastic#missile, ballo= throw
bambino#Italian child
barometer#pressure gauge, barys = heavy
barton#farm yard, bere=barley+tun=enclosure, hence bartons fracture of wrisr
belladonna#belle=beauty, Donna=girl
benign#bene=well, genus-born, gentle, gracious
bennet#bent (bennets fracture)
biceps#bi=two, cepus= head
bicuspid#bi= two, +cusp=sharp point
biopsy#bios=life+opsis=sight
biscuit#bis=twice +coctus=cooked
blepheron#eyelid, blepho =look
bombe#spell as bawnb, cone of cookery
botany#botane=plant
bovine#bovis= ox
brachium#arm
brachy#brachus=short
brady#bradus=slow
bromine#foul smell. bromos=stench
bronchus#wind pipe
brontosaurus#bronto=thunder, saur=lizard
brood#hatching
bryo#full of life, e.g. embryo
bubo#bubon = groin
buccal#bucca =cheek, bucian -bucinare=trumpeter
bulimia#bous=ox, limord=hunger
cachexia#kakos= bad, hexis = habit
cacophony#bad sound, kako=bad
cadaver#cadere = fall, 
caecum#caecus =blind, blind part of inetstine
caf au let#latt = milk, milk with coffee, caife au noir = black coffee
caisson#diving room
calcaneum#sandal, shoe, slipper
calpos#kalpos= womb
calvaria#calvus =bald
calx#lime, calcium
cancer#karkinos = crab
capillary#hair like, capilus=hair
capitellum#bone shaped as head, caput = head
capro#shit, kopros=dung
capsule#capsa = case
carbo#coal
cardia#couer, kardia =heart
cardinal#cardinis, cardo=hinge, virtually important
carneus#caro, carnus=fleshy
carnivorous#flesh eater, carni =flesh, vorus =feed on
carpel#karpos = wrist ,fruit hence epicarp, endocarp
caruncle#little flesh
caseus#cheese
catabolism#kata=down, bole =throw
cataract#water fall, down pouring, katarrhexis = down rushing, 
catarrh#kata =down, rrhoea= flow , watery discharge
cathartic#kathario=cleanse
catheter#ketheim =send down 
cathode#cata=down, ode /odos=road
cauda#tail
centesis#tapping, centeo=puncture
centripetal#center seeking, peto= seek
cephalic#kephale =head
cept#receive
cervix#neck
chelitis#lip inflammation, kelos=lip
chiasma# chi shaped, cross wise order change, like cross
chiropody#chirurgn=surgeon, pedes=foot
chloros#green
chole#bile
cholera#koleria= diarrhea
cholesterol#steros=hard, stiff
chorde#string
chorion#Greek skin, protective layer
choroids#like chorion in vascularity
chronic#khronicos =time
chyle#chulos=juice,chyme
ciliary#of eyelid, cili=eyelid
circadian#circa=about, dies=day, daily
circinate#circinare=make round, like mollusk shell with lip in centre
circumflex#circum =round, flex =bent
cirrhosis#kirrosi=hard
claudication#claudus =lame, limp
claustro#closed space, clus =shut, hence claustrophobia
clavicle#clavicula, klebis = key, clava= club
clesis#closing
clessis#clis=break, hence osteoclesis
climacteric#klimax =ladder, akos=
clinic#Kline= bed
clinoid#bent, klino= bend, hence inclination
clitoris#kleio=close, kleis=key/bar, kleitos=famous
cloaca#sewage pipe
cocaine#kodea= poppy  head
cocci#coccus =berry like
coccyx#kokkux  ugos=cuckoo bill
cochlea#like snail shell
coeliac#koilia =belly
coitus#con=together, ire=to go
colon#limb
colpos#of vagina, hollow(Greek)
comedo#comedere= eat up
communis#common
concussion#cutere cuss =shake
conduit#con=together,  duere(lead), pipes to convey liquids
condyle#kondulos =knuckle; splayed part of  bone
conjunctiva#conjoined tunic
contagious#con =together, tageon =touch
convolute#con =together, volvere=roll
convulsion#con = together, vuls=pull
copulate#co-apere(fasten), bind together
coracoids#korakoides= raven like, black crow beak like
corium#skin, hides
cornea#cornu=horn
coronoid#like crown
corpora#body
cortex#lat. bark
costal#of rib, costa = rib
couer en sabot#boot shaped heart of  fallots tetrology, cor=heart, sabot=wooden boot
coxa#first segment of insects leg
creatinine#of flesh, creas= fleshy 
crepitus#crepere =rattle
crevices#crever=burst, fissure
cribriform#cribrum=sieve
crista#ridge
crus#leg, pl =crura
cryo#kruos=extensive cold, frost
cryptic#kruptos =hidden
crystal#krystallos= ice
cubitus#elbow
cul de sac#sac (Fr)=bottom of a bag, open at one end only
culinary#culina =kitchen
cuneate#cuneus=wedge shaped, cuneate
cusp#pointed end of tooth, cone, canine
cutis#kutis=skin
cyber#steer man
cynide#cyan =blue color
cystitis#of bladder, kustos=bladder
dacryocystitis#fakryon =tear, cyst =sac, itis=inflammation
daktalos#finger
decay#de+cadere =fall
deccusis#like deca,  X shaped
decidua#which falls off, de- cadere, whose destiny is to fall off
decubitus#way one lies
dendrite#dender =tree
dentis #tooth
desmosis#banding, desmos=band
detruser#expulsive, de -trudere
diabetes#diabaino=go through, siphon
diagnosis#dia=thruogh,gnosticos=know
diaphragm#dia=through, fragoso=fence, wall off
dinosaur#dyna =terrible, saur=lizard
diphtheria#diphtheria=skin, hides
diploid#diplous= double, cells with two homozygous pair
diplos#double
doctor#experianced teacher
dolo#dole=grief
doxa#opinion
draper#clothier
drome#course
ducent#duct
duodenum#duadinii= 12 fingers breadth
duramater#dura =hard, mater =mother, hence induration
dys#bad, painful, difficult
dysentery#dys=bad, enteron=bowels
dyspepsia#dys=bad, peptos=cooked
dysplasia#dys =bad, plesis=formation
dyspnoea#peno=breathe
dystocia#dys+ toco=child birth
eccentric#out of centre, ek=out of 
ecchymosis#blotch, Greek-chy=pour
echidna#viper
echinoderm#echinos=spiny, derma=skin
eclampsia#eclampsis=sudden development
ecology#home environ, oikos = house
eczema#ek=out, zeo=boil
eject#jactare=throw
emaciate#e-maciare=lean
embryo#em=in, bruein=grow, bryo=full of life
emetic#emeo=vomit, etik=forming, hence Emetine
emphysema#blown lungs, physo=blow
endemic#native, endemos
enema#en-cemi=send
enteron#cavity
enzyme#zym=ferment
epidemic#epi=above, demos=people
epidydmis#didumos =twin
epilepsy#epi-lambano=take attack
epiphysis#pineal gland, epi=above-fusis=growth
epistaxis#epi+staxo=drops
epulis#epoulis=gum boil (Greek)
equine#horse, hippo
eschersia coli#eskhatos =hell, coli=colonic,  rods of hell
ethamoid#ethmos=sieve
etiology#aitia=cause+logos
eu#good and proper
eune#couch, bed,  hence dyspareunia= difficult sex,para+eune  
Eustachian#EUSTACHIUS an Italian anatomist 1574
exto#outside
falciparum#falx=sickle, falsima
fallacy#to decieve, latin -fallere
fallopian#Italian scientist  Garbiella Fallopio 
fascia#doors frame, band like
fastidious#hard to please
fauces#throat
faux#false, e.g. faux pas
fecundus#fertile, fruitful
felon#brutal, whitlow
femur#femoris=thigh
fenestra#window
fibroid#fibra=fiber, eidos=like
fibula#fibulare=clasp, perone
fistula#holed like flute, lat -fistulare=flute
flagella#whip
flavus#yellow
florid#high colored
foetid#festere=stink
foliage#leaf, exfoliate=throw leaves
follicle#little sac
fontenelle#fountain, springs, origins
forceps#pincer
forchette#furuca=little fork, 
foris#door
formica#ant
forum#judicial and other public assembly, +ic =forensic
fossa#fovia=ditch
fossil#fossilis=dry up
fracture#fract=break
frigidus#cold
frigorism#cold exposure, frigos= cold, ismo=condition
fulguration#lightning, fulgare=spark
fundus#base, bottom
furuncle#fur=thief+uncle
fusiform#fusus=spindle
gaiter#knee to ankle cloth
galea#helmet
gamy#gamos= marriage
ganglion#swelling
gastor#stomach
gastric#belly , digastric=like two bellies
gemini#twin
genus#birth
geode#crystal filled rock, joint crystal cavity seen in OA , dilated lymph spaces
glabella#glaber=smooth, smooth part of forehead, glabrous=free from hair
glacial#glacies=ice
glans#acorn, conical
glaucoma#glaukos= grape like, oma=forming, as cornea bulges like grape
glenoid#glene=socket, 
glia#glue, e.g. neuroglia
glomerulus#glomeris=ball
glottis#tongue
glucagon#glucos=sweet, agon=leading
gluteus#gloutas=buttock
glycyrrhiza#glucos=sweet +rhiza= root, liquorice
gnathos #jaw, e.g. micrognathia is small jaw
goitre#gutter= throat
gonad#gonos=seed
gonia#angle, e.g.goniometer
gonococci#gonos=seed, cocci=berries, cocci of semen(sperma=seed)
gout#gutta=small drops, flowing down of humour
gracilis#gracile= slender
graffian follicle#REGMIER de GRAF, neitherlands 1665
grand mal#great sickness, mal= sick, bad
grandeur#grand = great, great power
gravid#heavy
gymnasium#gumnos=naked,exercises were done naked in greece
gynaec#guanikos=women
gyri#gyros= rings
haemoptysis#haema=blood, pteo=spit
halitosis#halitus=breath, osis=condition
hallux#allex=big toe
halogen#halos=salt, gen =generate, salt producing 
hammate#hamus=hook,, hooked bone
hamstring#strings of back of thigh, ham=back of thigh
haptic #sense of touch
hapto#fasten,
hedra#face, e.g. polyhedral
helios#sun, hence- helium, heliosis=sunstroke, heliotherapy=sun bath
helminth#helminus=worms + inthos=intestine,worms of gut
hema#blood
hepar#liver
hepta#seven
hermophrodite#Hermes=mischevious messanger God, aphrodite=love goddess, hermes and aphrodites son in myth joined in one body  with nymph Salamacis have both male and female
herpes#herpo=creeping
hetro#hetros =other
hiatus#hiare=gap
hidros#sweat,, e.g. hidrodaenitis
hilum#point of attachment, stalk , lat.
histo#histos = tissue, web
hombre#mister, spanish ombra=man, homos= greek man
homo#homos =same, common
hormone#to churn up, harmere= to excite, impulse
humerus#funny, funny bone as ulner strike at elbow is peculiar sensation
humor#moisture, humid
hydatid#like a drop of water, hudos=water
hydrocele#hydor=water, cele=tumour , hernia
hygiene#hugis=health, art of health
hyline#glassy , glas like,  from grk hualos, hyloid=glassy membrane
hymen#goddess of marriage Humein
hyoid#hucides=like upsilon, U shaped
hypnosis#hypnos=sleep
hypnotic#hypnos=sleep
hypo#hupo=under
hystro#hustera=womb
iatros#physcian, e.g. iatrogenic, pediatrics
ichthyosis#skin disease with fishy scales, ikthos= fish,  also see ichthamol
icosa#20 prefix, e.g. icosapentenoic acid, icosahedral
idiosyncrasy#idos=ones own, syn=togather, krasis=mixture;ones own response
ileum#eilios= twisted
ileus#colic pain of ileum, ileos
ilia#flanks
immunity#im=before, munnis=ready to serve
incus#anvil
indolent#lazy, painless
infant#in=no, fari=speak, non speaking
infra#below
infundibulum#lat- funnel
inguinal#inguen=groin
innoculate#occulus=bud, eye,seeding
insane#in=no, sane=healthy
insomnia#in=no, somni=sleep
insufflation#to blow in cavity, suf-flare--lat
insulin#insula=island, from islets of lagerhans
integument#tego= cover
interstitial# inter +sistere= to set
intertrigo#inter+terere or trit=rub, disease of rubbing
intestine#intestinus=internal
intusucception#intus=within, sucception=take up
iodine#iodes= voilet, jod in german
ipsilateral#ipse= self, same sided
iris#rainbow goddess, iridium= rainbow colored
ischemia#isckho=keep back, hemia=blood, deprive blood
ischium#ischion = hip
isos#equal
isthumus#grk narrow strip
jargon#unintelligent, maze,difficult to interprete
jaundice#jaune=yellow
jejunum#jejunare=empty , fasting , hungry, (at death always found empty)
jod#iodine german, hence jod basdow effect
journal#diurenalis=daily record book
jugular#of yoke, of neck
kera#horn
keratin#keras, keratos=horn, horny
krauosis#krauros=dry
kymograph#kuma grk=wave, graphein=write
kyphosis#kuphos=bend
labium#lip
labyrinth#maze of streets
lacrima#tears
lacrimation#lacrim =weep
lacuna#lacus =lake
lamina#plate, layer -lat
laproscope# Latin   lapara =abdomen
lecithin#lekithos=egg yolk
lein#spLEEN, hence leinorenal ligament
lens#lentil like shape
Lepidoptera#butterfly, lepid=scale, ptera=wing
leprosy#lepos, lepris=scaly
leprotomy#lepara=flank, tomy=cut
leuco#white
leuteum#lutum = yellow clay
lichen#leichen grk =moss
limbus#border, hem (skirt edge)
lingua#linguo=tongue
linoleum#wool fat, lana=wool, olium=fat
lipo#lipos= fat
litmus#litr=dye +  mosi/moss=red
loc cit#loco citato=in passage already quoted
lochia#lochos /lochios = child birth
lucid#lucere = shine, lux, e.g. lucid interval
lumber#lumbus =loin
lumbrical#like worms
lunate#lunatos= moon
lupus#wolf
lymph#limpa = pure water
lysis#lusis=set free
macro#macros =long
magma#masso(solid residue)+ atos(knead)
mal de mer#sea sickness, mal=bad, mer =sea(mermaid=maid of sea, marine)
malacia#softness, malkkos=soft
malaise#mal= bad, aise =ease
malar#mala =jaw
malaria#mal+ air, it was thought to caused by bad air emitting from marsh
malignant#malingus  /mal = bad, + ant
malleolli#mallus = hammer head shaped
mandible#mandere=chew
mania#mainomai = be bad
mastoid# mastos =breast shaped e .g. mastitis, mastalgia, 
mater#mother
matrix#breeder female, place of development
maxilla#jaw
MBBS#medicinae baccularius, baccularius surgicum
Mch#master of surgery, magister chirurgiae
medius#middle, medulla, medium
medusa#jelly fish, a mythologic demoness with hair made of sserpents, caput medusa
meiosis#men =less
melanos#black., , niger
melencholy#melonos =black +khole = bile  , sad mood
melia#limb condition, melos=limb, hence amelia =no limb
menarche#meno=month, mensus, +arkhe=begining
menifest#manus = hand, festus =strike
meninges#meninx= membrane
meniscus#mene =moon shaped
merozoite#small part of malaria, meros=part+zoo=animal +ite =small
mesentry#mesos =middle + enteron =ileum
meso#middle grk
meta#over, beyond, above, behind, after,e.g.- metaphysis,  metacarpus, metamorphosis
meter#metron = measure
metra#womb, uterus,  e.g. metritis, metrorrhagia
miliary#millium=millet, 
mirabilis#wonderful, remarkable
mitral#mitralis =girdle, turbun
mittelschmertz#mittels=centre line
molar tooth#mola=milestone
mole#mass
molluscum#mollis =soft
monilia#monille = necklace, beedy thread
mons#mount, e.g.  mons pubis
morbid#morbus= disease
morose#foolish
morphine#Morpheus=sleep goddess, hence sleep is = in the arms of Mopheus
mucos#fungus
mural#wall painting, of wall, murus= wall
mutation#mutere=change
mycisis#mucus=fungus
myelo#marrow
myo #muscle
myopia#muo =shut, opus =eye
myrid#10000
myxoma#muxa = mucus, mucinous
narcosis#sleepy, narke=numb
nausea#naus = ship, sea sickness
NB#nota bene, note well
nebula#mist
necrosis#nekaroo = kill
nematode#nema = thread, 
nephros#kidney
neutrophil#WBC, neutral color +phil /phlio =love
nevus#birth  mark
nidus#nest
noctiphobia#fear of night., nox / noct = night, phobos =fear
noctis#night, nocte, nuit
node#botanical swelling, knot
nomos#custom
nosocomial#nosos = bed, hospital
nostril#nosu =nose +thurel =hole
notochord#noton =back, chord =string
nourish#nutricia, nurse
nucha#french=nape, latin=medulla oblongata, arabic=spinal marrow
nucleus#nux= nut, kernel, nyx
nurse#a nourisher
nux vomica#nux= nut, vomicare= vomitt, nut to induce vomitt
nystagmus#nodding
oblongata#prolonged
obscure#obscurus= black, dark
obstetrics#ob= towards in the way +stare =stand
obturator#lat flat sturcture to close an opening
odon #tooth, odontoid =tooth shaped
oedema#swollen, oideo =swell
oester#gladden, heat
offspring# off=from + spring, issues
olene#elbow+ kranion=head=olecranon
olfection#olere= smell
oligo#scanty
oma#forming
omphalos#naval, boss on shield, hub, a marble stone in greece thought be center of universe
oncology#ogkos=mass, tumour +logy
onyx#oniche= nail
oocyst#oo=egg (latin owu), 
oopheron#egg poducing , grk oopheros
opisthotonus#opisthen =behind +tonus= pull
orbis#ring e.g. orbicular = ring shaped
orchid#potato shaped, testicular, latin orchis=testes
orexis#appetite grk
orgasm#orgao=be excited,swell
ortho#straight
osis#forming
ossis#bone
pachy#pachus= thick, 
palate#sound
palliate#palliare =cover up, cloak, alleviate without cure
pallidium#pale
palpebra#eyelid 
paludrine #of marsh, paludus = marsh
pancreas#pan =all+ creas =fleshy
pandemic#pan+ demos =all people
papaver#poppy, papaverine
papillary#papilla, nipple
para#togather, 
paracite#para+sitos=food
paragon#excellant, a 100 carat diamond
paralysis#para=beyond, luo=loosen
paranchyma#matrix
paranoid#paronia, para=beyond+ noos =mood
paraxial#a + praxis=accepted habit, unable to recognize
parity#bearings, pario=bear
parotid#para + otis (ear)
paroxysm#para + oxuo=sharpen, increased beyond
parturition#bring birth
patella#patina = small plate
pathos#suffering
patulous#patere =open, ajar
pectoris#breast , pectore=heart
pedia#pedie=rearing of children
pellagra#skin condition, pellis=skin
pelvis#basin
pemphigus#watery blister. pemphyx
penia#pen = need, lack
peptic#pepikos =digest
percuss#per cutere= to shake, strike
peri#surround
peri passu#simultaneous
perineum#perinos=space twixt urethra and anus
permeate#meare = pass, pass through
pernicious#spell as pernishus, pernicis=perish, bring death
peroneal#perone =fibula, pin, near fibula
perpurium#puer =child, parus=bearing
pertussis#per + tussis =cough
pessary#grk pessos=oval stone for play, lat pessarium=foreign body
petit#petty, small e.g. petit mal(small bad )
pexy#fixation
phagy#latin phgein=eat
phalynx#line of battle, army, banded for common purpose
phasia#say, latin pha/phemi
phenotype#pheno =show, shine + type , means external look
phimosis#muzzle, mouth trap
phlebo#phlebos - vein(latin phlebos /phleps)
phlegm#inflammation , burn
phlegmasia alba dolens#white leg of pregnacy may look like burn, Latin phlego=burn+alba=white+dolo=pain
phloem#bark of tree
phthisis#(spelt as teesis)astheno= i waste, wasting diseases, phthino=decay
phylum#tribe, phulon=race
phyte#shoots,phy= bring forth 
piamater#pia =tender ,mater =mother
pineal#pinea-pine, pine shaped
pinna#penna= feather, wing, fur
pisiform#pisum=pea, like pea
pitryaisis#pitutran= bran, disease having bran like scales
pitutory#slime producing,  lat pitutia=phlegm is one of 4 humours 1.blood, 2.phlegm, 3. cholor, 4. melancholy
placenta#lat plate like, grk plcocis=plate
plague#plag = strike
plakia#plax=plate
planter#planta =sole
plantigrade#sole walking, gradus =walking, planta=sole
plasia#to form, plassein=alteration
plasm#tissue
plasmodium#plassin = to form, odeum = naked, malaria has no cell membrane lies naked in RBC
plasty#plasso=mould
platy#flat
plegia#plege=stroke, strike
pleiomorphic#pleion =more,, morphic= move from one to other form, morphe =forms
plesso#strike e.g. paraplegia
plethora#pletho=full, too much blood as in pulmmonary plethora
pleura#side of chest wall, rib
plexis#percussion, hence pleximeter finger, plexor =small hammer
pneumonia#pneuma=wind
poisis#formation
poliomyelitis#polios =grey, myelo =marrow+itis
pollux#innermost digit
poly#many,excessive
polyp#poly=many, pus =foot, but on contrary polyp if single footed
polypus#pous=foot, but term used for single footed
pons#bridge
portal#porta =gate
portio#lat part
posthumus#post + humus =ground..,  after death
potamus#river, e.g. hippopotamus, mesopotamia
pox#pus containing
prandial#prandeum =meal
praxis#prasso= doing, custom, practice
precoscious#pre =before +coquere=cook. means before time
precursor#curs=run
pregnancy#pre+g+ nasci=born
priapiasm#PRIAPOS=God of offsprings, priapismos= be lewed
primordial#lat primus=first, ordiri=to begin, original follicle
procto#practos=anus
profane#out side temple, unsacred
profound#pro+fundus=bottom, rock bottom, at worst
prognosis#fore know, 
prolapse#pro=forward, lapsi /lapsus=to slip, lapsus lingue means slip of  tongue
promontory#pro+ mons(hill)+ory, uphill road
prone#forwards, pronus
prophylactic#pro=forward +phylakto=guard
proptosis#pipto=fall
prostate#pro +state=stand
protean#multi faced
proteus#Sea god with many faces
prurigo#prurr=itch
psammoma#grk psammos=sand
psittacosis#psitaci= parrot
pterygoid#ptero / ptreron= wing + oid = like
ptosis#pipto =fall
pubis#lower part of abdomen where hair grow, puber=adult
pudenda#ashamed parts
punish#lat PONENA= pain
putrid#rotten
pyrexia#pyros =fire
quasi#apparent
quinine#quicha = bark
quinti#fifth,   eg abd digiti minimi quinti tarsi
quotidiun#daily, coti die, 
qurantine#quarantina =40 days
rabies#rabere, rave= furiously mad
raceme#racemus =bundle of grapes
rachitic#of spine, rachis=spine
radius#spoke , ray
rale#raler=death rattle
rancus #horse
raphe#grk stiches
raphi#suture
recto#staight, hence rectus femoris, rectum,rectangle
rete#nerves web
reticulum#rete=net, culi=forming
rheo#stream, e.g. diarrhoea, rheostat, gonorrhoea
rheumatism#rheuma=watery discharge, tears, mucus, catarrh, as it was thought humour collection around joint cause pain &arthritis
rhinophyoma#rhino= nose, phymoa = growth
rigor#stiff
rosary#rosarium=rose garden, beaded garland, e.g. rickety rosary
rotundus#round shaped
saber# read as saybur, curved sword, e.g. sabre tibia
sabot#wooden boot,  french =botte, roman =savate
sacrum#sacrificial sacred bone
sagitta#greatest distance of arrow arc
salmonella#SALMON the physcian, orange red  color
saphenous#clearily seen, saphare Latin
sardonic#saranios=bitter smile. ,mocking smile, as seen in early stages of tetanus
sartorius#sator= tailor
scabies#scabere =scratch
scalenus#skelenos =unequal traingle
scaphoid#boat shaped
scapula#shoulder blade
schirrus#schiros =hardsciatic
schizophrenia#split mind, schism=rift, chasm + pheren=mind
sciatic#of the hip
sclera#skleros= hard, eg-scleroderma, scrlerotic,hard layer of eye 
scoliosis#skolios= bend
scope#skopoein= explore
scotoma#scoto= darken, dark spot, e.g. scotochromogen=color producer mycobacteria in dark
scrofula#scattering of sown seeds
scrotum#bag
scurvy#mean ness, scorin =break, buk=belly
seborrhoea#sebum =fat, tallow, .  + rhoea=flow
sedentary#sedere= sit
sella#seat
semen#seminis=seed, seminiferous=seed bearing
sepsis#sepo =make rotten
sequal# sequa=folllow
sequestrum#standing apart
serratus#serra= saw
sesamoid#seed kike
shingles#shinghe=pebbles, latin cingulare=girdle
siegella#SHIGA japan bacteriologist, 1957
signet#signatum= sign, old-  seal set in ring
silorrhoea#salivery flow, latin sialon=saliva
simian#simos=flat nosed, ape , monkey like
sinus#recess, bottom
skeine#knife
slough#slu=husk
soleus#solia= sandal
soma#body
souffle#Low murmur, blow, sufere=blow, e.g. uterine souffle
spectrum#appearance
speculum#specere =llok
sperm#sperma =seed, sow
sperma#seed
sphenoid#sphene =wedge + oid
sphincter#sphinkter grk=sling
sphygmomanometer#sphygmos=pulse
spine#thorn
spiro#spirare =breath
splanchnic#splakhna=entrails
splenius#splenon= bandage like, e. g.  splenius capitis
spondylo#spondulos= vertebra
sporadic#speiro =sow, scattered spores
sprue#thrush
sputum#spuere= spit
squamation#squam=scales
squamous#squama= scale like
staccato#interrupted
stapes#stirrup for horse
staphylo#grapes
stasis#steme /sta = make stand
stat#statos grk=stand in position, eg. hemostat
stenosis#steno=make narrow, hence stenographer
sterco#stercus= dung, eg stercobilogen=fecal bile
steroids#strear= fat, sterols
stethocscope#stethos =chest, scopy=see
stigma#tatto mark, mark made by pointed instrument
stoma#mouth
strabismus#squint
strangury#a drop of urine, stranx =a drop, ouion =urine
strepto#string of beads
stretorus#stertere= snore. e.g. streorous breathing
stria#parellel bands
stricture#strict= contraction
stroma#covering
struma#lat-goitre
stternum#sternon= chest
stye#sty(filthy like pig sty) in eye
styloid#like stylus, stulos=piller, column, pointer
sublimis#to lift up
suicide#sui= oneself+ cide
supine#super= above
sural#sura = calf
surgeon#chir =-hand, ergo = to work
sycosis#suken = fig ,  as inside of , as seen in beard folliculitis
sylvian#silva =wood, jungle
symphysis#sym= togather, phusis= growth
synchondrosis#syn+ chondros =cartilage
syncope#spell as singkupe, , kopto =srike
syndrome#syn =togather + drome= run,, collection of sign & symptoms running togather
synergy#syn + ergo =to work to gather
syphilis#SYPHILUS the first known sufferer 1530
syringe#syrinx =pipe, eg. syringomyelia
systole#contract
tabes#wasting away, phthisis, cachectic
tact#touch, hence contact
taenia#ribbon
talus#latin -ankle and heel
tardy#tardus= sllow, late
tarsus#flat of foot
taxonomy#name arrangement,taxo=arrange
tectoria#tectorium= covering
tela#brain tissue
temple#templum=open space
tendon#teino =strech,hence tenesmus,  
tent#lat- tenta=strech
teratoma#grk -teros=monster+oma
teres#smooth rounded
testes#testament of virility, only proof of male at birth
thalamus#thalimos= inner room, harem, room for females as in flower it is overy s place
theca#repository, sheath, theki=case
theophyllin#thea= tea, phulon= leaf, leafy drink
therapy#therapia =treatment
thermoplegia#heat stroke, thremo=heat, plege = stroke
thio #sulpher, see thiocynate
thorax#chest
thrombus#lump
thymus#thym= sprit
thyroid#shield like, thruco=oblong shield
tibia#flute
tocopherol#vit E, tokos=child birth, pherin=to bring with
tomy#temerin=to cut
tonsur#barber
tophi#tophus= loose stones
torticollis#tortus= wrong, collis =neck, wryneck
toxin#toxa=arrow
trachea#rough pipe, trakhus= rough artery, 
trachleos#neck
trachoma#trakhus =rough
trapezeus#trapeze=cross bar acrobats, the muscle used in lifting a trapeze
trapezium#table like. parellel quadrilateral, traprzoid=unparellel quadrangle
trebecula#trebes=beam
trephine#bore
trichomonas#tircho=bunch of hair, monas=head
trismus#scream grinding
trocar#trois =three+ carre= sides, means triangular
trochanter#trecho=run
trochlea#trokos=wheel, pulley, pulley like
tropic#influence upon, trope-grk
troy#ileum
tsu#japan sea, mer,  eg tsunami
tunic#cloth, e.g. tunica albuginia=white coat
tunica#coat, covering
tympanic#tympanon= drum
typhilitis#tuphlos= blind, inflammation of cecum(blind)
typhus#tuphos =stupor, smoke, less vitality
tyrosine#turos =cheese
ulna#olene= ell, L shaped, olena= elbow forming bone
ultra #beyond
umblicus#related to omphalos
uncinate#uncinous=hook, hooked process
unco#strange, e.g.-uncus. , unco vertebral
unguam#hoof, nail ,claw
unicameral bone cyst#uni=one +camera= vaulted room, single member legislative body
urachus#grk-aurachos, urinary canal
urethra#grk- oureo=urinate
vaccine#vacca=cow, first vaccine used in cow
vagina#lat-sword sheath, blind cavity
vagus#wandering
valgus#sway knee
varus#knock knee
verruca#warty
versicolor#turn color, e.g. tenia versicolor
vertebra#vertere=turn , bones of turning
vertigo#vertere= turn, tizzy
vestibule#lat-entrance hall
vincula#finger small ligament, vincere=bind
virus#poision
vitro#glass, in petri dish
vivex#vivecious,vivere,  a guest who is unwilling to leave
volsellum#a forcep with hooks
vulgar#vulgaris =of common people, eg lupus vulgaris is TB skin commonly looks wolf bitten
vulva#valve, a folding door
whitlow#white+ flaw
wry#distort, tilt, rya = bend, e .g.=wry neck
xantho#zanthos=yellow
xeno#foreigner, hence xenophobia
xiphoid#like sword, xiphos=sword
xylem#xulos =wood, xylocaine =alkaloid from wood
zygoma#zygo=pair, arch
zygote#united ova, zygo=yoke
