faun noun [C]. âº an âimaginary âcreature that is like a âsmall man with a âgoat's back âlegs, a âtail, âears, and âhorns. (Definition of faun from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Those who work in the medical profession use a specialized language called Medical Terminology to describe the objects and situations encountered in their fields, such as anastamosis and myocardial. The words or terms that make up the language of medicine are referred to as the terminology of the medical field, or Medical Terminology. Although languages usually change over time, the basis for medical terminology remains constant as the majority of medical terms are based in Latin or Greek.1.
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. The Language of the Health Profession. ORIGIN OF MEDICAL TERMS Hippocrates was a Greek physician and is known as the âfather of medicine.â 75% of medical terms are based on either Greek or Latin words. ROOT WORDS A root is the foundation or basic meaning of a word.ften indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease. -itis-suffix means inflammation-ology-suffix means the study of-ectomy-suffix means surgical removal-plast-suffix means surgical repair Cardiology Cardi-root means heart. -ology-suffix means the study of. Cardiology-the study of the heart.