Greek Words in the Modern English Medical Vocabulary

Hundreds, if not thousands, of words from Greek have passed into the medical vocabulary of modern English. Among the most common are:

• βιος = bios = life
• γενεα = genea = birth, race, descent
• γυναικ- = gynec- = woman
• καρδια = cardia = heart
• οφθαλμος = ophthalmos = eye
• παιδ- = ped- = child
• πνευμα = pneuma = breath
• φυσις = physis = being; nature