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Part III - Medicine and the Human Body
Latin phrases dealing with the human body
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Classics
Undergraduate 4
12/05/2013

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Term
adhn
Definition

aden-

gland

Term
aggeion
Definition

angi-

vessel

Term
arqron
Definition

arthr-

joint

Term
dakru
Definition

dacry-

tear

 

 

Term
enteron
Definition

enter-

intestine

Term
istion
Definition

hist-

tissue

Term
kranion
Definition

crani-

skull

Term
kutoς
Definition

cyt-

cell

Term
lipoς
Definition

lip-

fat

Term
mhnigx, mhniggoς
Definition

mining-

membrane

Term
mueloς
Definition

myel-

marrow

Term
ouron
Definition

ur-

urine

Term
pulwroς
Definition

pylor-

gatekeeper

(as in 'pyloric sphincter')

Term
puon
Definition

py-

pus

Term
sfonduloς
Definition

spondyl-

vertebra

Term
ustera
Definition

hyster-

womb

Term
condroς
Definition

chondr-

cartilage

Term
glans, glandis
Definition
gland
Term
vas
Definition
vessel
Term
artus
Definition
joint
Term
lacrima
Definition
tear
Term
intestinum
Definition
intestine
Term
cranium
Definition
skull
Term
cella
Definition
cell
Term
adeps, adipis
Definition
fat
Term
membrana
Definition
membrane
Term
medulla
Definition
marrow
Term
urina
Definition
urine
Term
pus, puris
Definition
pus
Term
vertebra
Definition
vertebra
Term
uterus
Definition
womb
Term
cartilago
Definition
cartilage
Term
acne vulgaris
Definition
common acne
Term

anorexia nervosa

 

 

 

 

Definition
nervous loss of appetite
Term
arthritis deformans
Definition
deforming arthritis
Term
corpus luteum
Definition

yellow body

(an ovarian follicle)

Term
dementia praecox
Definition

precocious insanity

(schizophrenia)

Term
dermatitis gangrenosa
Definition
gangrenous skin inflammation
Term
diabetes mellitus
Definition
(honey-)sweet diabetes
Term
herpes simplex
Definition
simple creeping (disease)
Term
impetigo contagiosa
Definition

contagious impetigo

(skin disease)

Term
lupus vulgaris
Definition

common lupus

(skin disease)

Term
maculae albidae
Definition
white spots
Term
muscae volitantes
Definition

flitting flies

(spots in vision...go to the emergency room right away!)

Term
myasthenia gravis
Definition
serious muscle weakness
Term
partus caesareus
Definition
Cesarean birth
Term
pavor nocturnus
Definition
nocturnal anxiety
Term
substantia alba
Definition
white matter
Term
(musculus) flexor digitorum
Definition
bender of the fingers
Term
(musculus) gluteus maximus
Definition
largest buttock muscle
Term
(nervus) opticus
Definition
optic nerve
Term
(nervus) zygomaticus
Definition

zygomatic nerve

(near the cheek bone)

Term
(arteria) genus media
Definition
middle artery of the knee
Term
(arteria) coronaria dextra
Definition
right coronary artery
Term
(vena) lingualis
Definition
tongue vein
Term
(venae) renales
Definition
kidney veins
Term
angina pectoris
Definition
(suffocative) pain of the chest
Term
asphyxia neonatorum
Definition
suffocation of new-borns
Term
encephalitis neonatorum
Definition
brain inflammation of new-borns
Term
pediculosis capitis
Definition
louse infestation of the head
Term
tinea barbae
Definition

(ring-)worm of the beard

(ringworm is actually a fungus, not a worm)

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