CLA201: Greek Terminology- Letters H - Z

*Haptein

to fasten, fasten upon, attach; to grasp, seize, touch.

(H)apsis

joining, juncture.

Haphe

the sense of touch.

Hebe

youth, puberty; pubic bone.

*Hed-; hid- (his-, hiz-)

to sit, to cause to sit, to place.

Hedra

sitting place, anus, base or side.

Hedone

pleasure.

*Helios

sun.

*Helix, helikos

something spiral-shaped, a coil; a snail.

*Helkos

sore, ulcer.

*Helmins, helminthos

worm.

Helos

nail, nail-head; callus, corn.

*Hemera

day.

*Henai

to send going, send, let go.

Enema, Enematos

a sending in.

Paresis

a letting go; paralysis.

Katheter

that sent or let down; a tube for passage of fluids.

*Hepar, hepatos

liver.

*Herpes, herpetos

a creeping; spreading blisters.

Herpeton

a creeping animal, especially snake or reptile.

*Heteros

other, different from.

Hexis

a having, holding; habit (of body), bodily condition, permanent condition.

*Hidros, hidrotos

sweat, perspiration.

Hieron

sacred place, temple; the sacrum (bone).

Hippocrates

Greek physician of 5th century B.C., founder of modern medicine.

Hippos

horse.

Hippokampos

a sea horse; an elongated ridge in cavity of brain.

*Histos; histion

tissue, web.

*Hodos

road, way, path.

*Holos

whole, entire, all.

*Homalos

even, level, flat; regular.

*Homos; homoios

like, the same as, equal.

*Hormon, hormonos

setting in motion, arousing, exciting.

*Hyalos

glass.

Hydatis, hydatidos

a drop of water; a watery cyst or vesicle.

*Hydor, hydatos

water, fluid.

*Hydrops, hydropos

dropsy.

*Hygieia

health, soundness of mind or body.

*Hygros

wet, moist, fluid.

*Hyle

wood; matter.

*Hymen, hymenos

skin, membrane of vagina.

*Hyoeides

like the upsilon, i.e., U-shaped. Bone at base of tongue.

*Hypnos

sleep.

Agrypnos

(agre-

*Hypsi

on high, aloft.

Hypsos, hypseos

height.

*Hystera

womb, uterus.

*Iaesthai

to heal.

Iatros

one who heals, physician.

Iatreia

healing, treatment.

*Ichthys

fish.

*Idea

see Eidos.

*Idios

one's own, peculiar.

*Ikteros

jaundice.

*Iris, iridos

the rainbow; colored membrane of the eye.

*Is, inos

strength; muscle, fiber, tissue.

*Ischion

hipjoint, hip.

*Isos

equal.

*Isthmos

a narrow neck or passage.

*Kainos

new.

Kainotes

newness, novelty.

*Kakos

bad, disordered, abnormal.

*Kal(1)os

beautiful.

*Kalyx, kalykos

covering, shell; circle of sepals of a flower.

*Kamptos; kampylos

bent.

Kanthos

corner of the eye.

Kar- (keirein)

to cut.

Akares

too short to cut; tiny; a mite.

Kormos

result of cutting; trunk (of tree or body).

*Kardia

heart.

*Karkinos

crab; cancer.

*Karpos

the wrist.

*Karpos

fruit, seed.

*Karyon

nut, kernel, nucleus.

*Katharsis

a cleansing, emptying.

*Kausos; kauma

burning heat.

Kaustos; kautos

burnt.

Kauterion

searing-iron.

*Kele

tumor, hernia.

Kelis, kelidos

stain; scar.

*Kenos

empty.

Kenosis

an emptying.

*Kenteein

to goad, prick.

Kentron

sharp point, center.

-centesis

perforation, surgical puncturing.

*Kephale

head.

Enkephalon

that within the head; the brain.

*Keras, keratos

horn, horny tissue; cornea.

Kerkos

tail.

Keros

wax.

Kestos

stitched, embroidered; girdle; tapeworm.

*Kineein

to move.

*Kirrhos

tawny, orange, yellow.

Kirsos

a varix; dilated vein.

*Klaein

to break, destroy.

Klados; klasma, klasmatos;

klon

that which is broken off, a piece; branch or twig, a sprout.

*Kleiein

to sheathe, close.

Kleistos

closed.

Kleis, kleidos

a means of closing, a bar, a key; the clavicle.