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LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS OF TECHNICAL WORDS 



haplo, simple 



helminth, worm 



helo, wart-like outgrowth 



hemi, half 



hepar {he pat), liver 



kept, seven 



hetero, different 



hex, six 



hibern, winter 



hilum, eye of bean 



hippo, horse 



hippocampus, fabulous^sea beast 



hole, entire, complete, standing alone 



hom, man or similar 



homal, flat 



hormon, that which excites 



hyal, glass-like 



hydr, water 



hyo U-shaped 



hyper, over, above 



hypo, lower, beneath 



ichthy, fish 



ileum, twisted 



iliac, flank 



impar, unpaired, unequal 



incis, cutting in 



ida, like 



incu (s, udi), anvil 



ingluvies, crop 



inguin, groin 



innominate, without a name 



inter, between 



intima, innermost 



intra, inside 



iola, (suffix), diminutive 



intrins, contained within 



iri (s, id), Goddess of the rainbow 



ischia, hip 



iso, equal 



iter, passage 



labi, lips 



labyrinth, tortuous passage 



lacer, torn 



lacrim, tears 



lact, milk 



lacuna, space, void 



lagena, flask 



lamella, leaf, layer 



lemm, skin, husk 



lens, lentil, bean 



lepi, scale 

 /c/>/o, slender 

 /cMC, white 

 levator, lifter 

 lingua, tongue 

 lith, stone 

 /og, discourse 

 /o/»A, bunch, bundle 

 lumen, cavity 

 luna, moon 

 lutea, yellow 

 lymph, clear water 



lyssa, rabies, a vesicle supposed to form 

 beneath the tongue in hydrophobia 



macro, great, large 



macula, spot 



magn, large 



major, larger 



mala, cheek 



malleus, hammer, mallet 



mamma, breast 



mandib, lower Jaw 



manu, hand 



marsupi, pouch, purse 



masseter, a chewer 



mast, nipple 



mat (c) r, mother 



maxill, jaw 



maxim, greatest 



meatus, passage 



med, middle 



medull, marrow 



mela, black 



menin (x, g), membrane 



meno, moon 



»wer (os), part 



mesarai, middle-thin 



mesenter (supf)orting) the mid intestine 



meso, middle 



meta, after 



min (or, us), smaller 



minim, least 



mirabile, wonderful 



miss {o,u), sent 



mit{e)r, turban, bishop's mitre 



mixi, mingle 



mola, mill 



moll, soft 



monil, string of beads 



monimo, fixed 



mono, single 



