Nuevo, Josethea B.

13-1-94026

BS PT

OMP0 41

Assignment #1: Latin Medical Terms

Words Etymology Meaning

two-headed muscle that lies
bi- ‘two’ + -
biceps on the upper arm between the
ceps (from caput ‘head’)
shoulder and the elbow
an animal that uses two legs
biped bi- ‘two’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’
for walking
a fluid-filled sac or saclike
from medieval Latin, ‘bag,
bursa cavity, especially one
purse,’
countering friction at a joint
from late Latin, diminutive of a rod-shaped bacterium; a
bacillus
Latin baculus ‘stick.’ disease-causing bacterium
any of the major air passages
from late Latin, from
bronchus of the lungs that diverge from
Greek bronkhos ‘windpipe.’
the windpipe
bid/BID bis in die twice a day

New Latin, from Greek,

blepharo eyelid
from blepharon

buccal Latin bucca cheek cheek

Latin (brachium), from Ancient
the arm, specifically the upper
brachium Greek βραχίων (brachiōn),
arm from shoulder to elbow
arm

References:

 https://cjnu-matt.webs.com/List%20of%20medical%20roots,%20suffixes%20and%20prefixes.pdf
 National EMS Education Standard Competencies Medical Terminology
 https://quizlet.com/subject/latin-medical-terms/
 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/