Greek Words in the Modern English Medical Vocabulary

Hundreds, if not thousands, of words from Greek have passed into the medical vocabulary of modern English. Among the most common are:

bioV = bios = life
genea = genea = birth, race, descent
gunaik- = gynec- = woman
kardia = cardia = heart
ofqalmoV = ophthalmos = eye
paid- = ped- = child
pneuma = pneuma = breath
fusiV = physis = being; nature