Doctor in Latin means "teacher" and by extension "learned one". So it is still used in its original meaning as an academic title and degree. The medical degree is MedicinaeDoctor so we call its recipients Doctor.
No. Medical words are basically classical Latin and Greek.
latin-nearly everything medical is Latin.
A large majority of the words are greek and latin. As for who started using them...the name Hipocrates comes to mind although I am not for sure on that.
I don't know of any such site but medical words are based in Latin so you'll pick it up soon enough. Medical terms derive from Greek as well as Latin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_terminology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:_Latin_abbreviations www.mtdaily.com/mt1/latin.html Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (website)
For the most part, veterinarians don't actually use Latin - they use the medical and anatomic words derived from Latin. There are some Latin phrases that are still used, such as per os (by mouth), but most veterinarians simply memorize the individual phrases rather than learn the language.
law, medical, scientific
Brev- is from the Latin word meaning "short". From it we get the words abbreviate, brevity, brief.
Since western science and medicine originate from ancient Greece, many scientific and formal medical words are Greek. Many words in the English language are of Latin origin. There were two sources for this influence. One was the use of Latin by the educated elites and by the church. The other was the Norman invasion of England. The Normans were French and French became the language of the aristocracy. French is a Romance language; that is, a language derived from Latin. Many formal medical words and legal terms are Latin.
Science - lots and lots and lots of science. Chemistry, biology, botony, etc. English - lots of english. Latin - lots of medical words are in latin. And for goodness sake work on good penmanship.
Greek and Latin are the primary source languages for medical terminology.
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A Medical Assistant is a person who works in the medical field. They are the person who takes all your vital signs when you go see the doctor. Medical terminology is the language of medicine stemming from Latin and Greek words. This are the set of words and terms that doctors, nurses, medical assistants, etc., uses to make sure that they describe things like diseases, medicines, etc., correctly.