Unit 1 Med. Greek and Latin Bases

Latin Bases to know!

articul-

joint

bucc-

cheek, mouth

caps-

box, container

ced-, cess-, cede-

to go, to come

celer-

quick

cerebr-

brain

cut-, cuss-

to shake, to strike

ict-

strike, blow

ject-

to throw

later-

side, flank

matur-

ripe, fully grown

ment-

mind

mit(t)-, mis(s)-

to send

par-, part-

to give birth to

pariet-

wall

pon-, posit-, -pose

to put, to place

salin-

salt

uter-

womb

vas-

vessel

vert-, vers-

to turn

ax-

axis

cori-

skin

corn(u)-

horn

cub-, cumb-, cubit-

to lie down, to recline

fund-, fus-

to pour, to melt

glutin-

to glue

greg-

flock, herd

ili-

flank, hip

lab-, laps-

to slip, to fall

ocul-

eye

rad-, ras-

to scrape

sangui(n)-

blood

stru-, struct-

to build

sud-

to sweat

tund-, tus-

to beat, to strike

vesic-

bladder

abdomen, abdomin-

abdomen, stomach

cervix, cervic-

neck

corpus, corpor-

body

cortex, cortic-

bark, outer layer

femur, femor-

femur, thigh

semin-

seed

brachi-

arm

capit- (-cipit-), -ceps

head

cuspid-

point

digit-

finger, toe

furc-

fork

lign-

wood

man(u)-

hand

norm-

rule, pattern

ord-, ordin-

order

papill-, papul-

nipple

part-, partit-

part

pot-

to be able or powerful

radi-

spoke (of a wheel), ray

sta-, stat-, -stit-

to stand

strat-

layer

sulc-

furrow, groove

val-

to be strong or well

ven-

vein