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From atoms to democracy, English leans on ancient Greek for the vocabulary of science, thought, and everyday life.

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416 words in Medicine & Body

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Acne

Medicine
ἀκμήakmḗ

“a point, a peak”

Adenoid

Medicine
ἀδήνadḗn

“gland shaped”

Akinesia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“no movement”

Alexia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“wordlessness”

Allergy

Medicine
ἄλλοςállos

“other working”

Allopathy

Medicine
ἄλλοςállos

“other suffering”

Alopecia

Medicine
ἀλώπηξalṓpēx

“fox-mange”

Amnesia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“without memory”

Amnion

Medicine
ἀμνίονamníon

“sacrificial blood bowl”

Amygdala

Medicine
ἀμυγδάληamygdálē

“almond”

Anabolic

Medicine
ἀνάaná

“thrown up, built up”

Anaesthesia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“without sensation”

Analgesia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“absence of pain”

Analgesic

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“without pain”

Anaphylaxis

Medicine
ἀνάaná

“the reverse of protection”

Anatomy

Medicine
ἀνάaná

“a cutting up”

Androgen

Medicine
ἀνήρ, ἀνδρόςanḗr, andrós

“male-producing”

Anemia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“without blood”

Aneurysm

Medicine
ἀνάaná

“a widening out”

Angina

Medicine
ἄγχεινánchein

“a strangling”

Anorexia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“without appetite”

Anoxia

Medicine
ἀν-an-

“without the acid-maker”

Anthrax

Medicine
ἄνθραξánthrax

“charcoal”

Antibiotic

Medicine
ἀντίantí

“against life”

Antidote

Medicine
ἀντίantí

“given against”

Antigen

Medicine
ἀντίantí

“producer of the thing that opposes”

Antiseptic

Medicine
ἀντίantí

“against rotting”

Aorta

Medicine
ἀορτήaortḗ

“the thing hung up”

Aphasia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“speechlessness”

Apnea

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“no breathing”

Apoplexy

Medicine
ἀπόapó

“a striking down”

Apoptosis

Medicine
ἀπόapó

“a falling away”

Apothecary

Medicine
ἀπόapó

“keeper of the storehouse”

Apraxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“no doing”

Arrhythmia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“without rhythm”

Arteriosclerosis

Medicine
ἀρτηρίαartēría

“artery hardening”

Artery

Medicine
ἀρτηρίαartēría

“windpipe”

Arthralgia

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

“joint pain”

Arthritis

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

“joint inflammation”

Arthroscopy

Medicine
ἄρθρονárthron

“joint viewing”

Asphyxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“without a pulse”

Asthenia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“without strength”

Asthma

Medicine
ἄσθμαásthma

“panting”

Astigmatism

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“no point”

Ataxia

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“without order”

Atherosclerosis

Medicine
ἀθάρηathárē

“gruel hardening”

Atrophy

Medicine
ἀ-a-

“want of nourishment”

Aura

Medicine
αὔραaúra

“breeze”