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The language of medicine is an old one which started with the first curious civilizations. It was an ancient art before the Father of Modern Medicine, Hippocrates, was born. Because of that, Latin and Greek are the foundation of Medical Terminology. There are new words which are French, Arabic, German, British and American, but they are rare compared with the massive amount of words used in healthcare.

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Primarily Greek, and also Latin.

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