# மருத்துவ இலத்தீன கிரேக்கக் கலைச்சொற்கள் பட்டியல்

## English meanings

### Roots of the body

#### Roots of body parts and components

(Internal anatomy, external anatomy, body fluids, body substances)  
| Body part or component | Greek root | Latin root | Other root |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **abdomen** | lapar(o)- | abdomin- | - |  |
| **aorta** | aort(o)- | aort(o)- | - |  |
| **arm** | brachi(o)- | - | - |  |
| **armpit** | - | axill- | - |  |
| **artery** | arteri(o)- | - | - |  |
| **back** | - | dors- | - |  |
| **big toe** | - | allic- | - |  |
| **bladder** | cyst(o)- | vesic(o)- | - |  |
| **blood** | haemat-, hemat- (haem-, hem-) | sangui-, sanguine- | - |  |
| **blood clot** | thromb(o)- | - | - |  |
| **blood vessel** | angi(o)- | vascul-, vas- | - |  |
| **body** | somat-, som- | corpor- | - |  |
| **bone** | oste(o)- | ossi- | - |  |
| **bone marrow, marrow** | myel(o)- | medull- | - |  |
| **brain** | encephal(o)- | cerebr(o)- | - |  |
| **breast** | mast(o)- | mamm(o)- | - |  |
| **chest** | steth(o)- | - | - |  |
| **cheek** | - | bucc- | - |  |
| **ear** | ot(o)- | aur(i)- | - |  |
| **eggs, ova** | oo- | ov- | - |  |
| **eye** | ophthalm(o)- | ocul(o)- | optic(o)- *[French]* |  |
| **eyelid** | blephar(o)- | cili-; palpebr- | - |  |
| **face** | prosop(o)- | faci(o)- | - |  |
| **fallopian tubes** | salping(o)- | - | - |  |
| **fat, fatty tissue** | lip(o)- | adip- | - |  |
| **finger** | dactyl(o)- | digit- | - |  |
| **forehead** | - | front(o)- | - |  |
| **gallbladder** | cholecyst(o)- | fell- | - |  |
| **genitals,** sexually undifferentiated | gon(o)-, phall(o)- | - | - |  |
| **gland** | aden(o)- | - | - |  |
| **glans** *penis* or *clitoridis* | balan(o)- | - | - |  |
| **gums** | - | gingiv- | - |  |
| **hair** | trich(o)- | capill- | - |  |
| **hand** | cheir(o)-, chir(o)- | manu- | - |  |
| **head** | cephal(o)- | capit(o)- | - |  |
| **heart** | cardi(o)- | cordi- | - |  |
| **hip, hip-joint** | - | cox- | - |  |
| **horn** | cerat(o)- | cornu- | - |  |
| **intestine** | enter(o)- | - | - |  |
| **jaw** | gnath(o)- | - | - |  |
| **kidney** | nephr(o)- | ren- | - |  |
| **knee** | gon- | genu- | - |  |
| **lip** | cheil(o)-, chil(o)- | labi(o)- | - |  |
| **liver** | hepat(o)- (hepatic-) | jecor- | - |  |
| **loins, pubic region** | episi(o)- | pudend- | - |  |
| **lungs** | pneumon- | pulmon(i)- (pulmo-) | - |  |
| **marrow, bone marrow** | myel(o)- | medull- | - |  |
| **mind** | psych- | ment- | - |  |
| **mouth** | stomat(o)- | or- | - |  |
| **muscle** | my(o)- | - | - |  |
| **nail** | onych(o)- | ungui- | - |  |
| **navel** | omphal(o)- | umbilic- | - |  |
| **neck** | trachel(o)- | cervic- | - |  |
| **nerve; the nervous system** | neur(o)- | nerv- | - |  |
| **nipple, teat** | thele- | papill-, mammill- | - |  |
| **nose** | rhin(o)- | nas- | - |  |
| **ovary** | oophor(o)- | ovari(o)- | - |  |
| **pelvis** | pyel(o)- | pelv(i)- | - |  |
| **penis** | pe(o)- | - | - |  |
| **pupil (of the eye)** | cor-, core-, coro- | - | - |  |
| **rib** | pleur(o)- | cost(o)- | - |  |
| **rib cage** | thorac(i)-, thorac(o)- | - | - |  |
| **shoulder** | om(o)- | humer(o)- | - |  |
| **sinus** | - | sinus- | - |  |
| **skin** | dermat(o)- (derm-) | cut-, cuticul- | - |  |
| **skull** | crani(o)- | - | - |  |
| **stomach** | gastr(o)- | ventr(o)- | - |  |
| **testis** | orchi(o)-, orchid(o)- | - | - |  |
| **throat (upper throat cavity)** | pharyng(o)- | - | - |  |
| **throat (lower throat cavity/voice box])** | laryng(o)- | - | - |  |
| **** | - | pollic- | - |  |
| **tooth** | odont(o)- | dent(i)- | - |  |
| **tongue** | gloss-, glott- | lingu(a)- | - |  |
| **toe** | dactyl(o)- | digit- | - |  |
| **tumour** | cel-, onc(o)- | tum- | - |  |
| **ureter** | ureter(o)- | ureter(o)- | - |  |
| **urethra** | urethr(o)-, urethr(a)- | urethr(o)-, urethr(a)- | - |  |
| **urine, urinary System** | ur(o)- | urin(o)- | - |  |
| **uterine tubes** | sarping(o)- | sarping(o)- | - |  |
| **uterus** | hyster(o)-, metr(o)- | uter(o)- | - |  |
| **vagina** | colp(o)- | vagin- | - |  |
| **vein** | phleb(o)- | ven- | - |  |
| **vulva** | episi(o)- | vulv- | - |  |
| **womb** | hyster(o)-, metr(o)- | uter(o)- | - |  |
| **wrist** | carp(o)- | carp(o)- | - | } |