Hippocrates Code - Chapter 21

-ete (-t)

a person or thing doing

-ician

specialist in, practitioner of

-ics (-tics)

art, science, or study of

-ist

one who practices or partakes in

-ter

means of, place for

-isk, -iscus

asterisk ("little star"), meniscus ("little moon")

-ium, -ion

bacterium ("little rod"), opium (dim. of "juice"), pterion ("little wing")

-idium, -idion

oncidium (a species of orchid with a "little swelling" on its lip), ophidion (eel-like fish, a "little snake")

all-

other, different

allel-

other, each other

bacter-

rod

cry-

cold

diet-, diete

to regulate

esthe- (aesthe-)

to feel, to percieve

gangli-

knot, mass of tissue

gyr-

ring, circle

iatr-

doctor; treatment

iod-

violet colored

irid-

iris colored

lip-

fat, fatty tissue

log-

word, speech, study

men-

moon, menstruation

mening-

membrane

oph-

snake

orth-

straight, correct

pharamac-

drug

psych-

mind, soul

pyg-

buttock

rhabd-

rod

sphinc-

to bind, to tighten

spor-

seed, spore

stig-, stigmat-

point, prick

techn-

art, skill

ur-, ure-

urine