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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.

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13y ago

In latin it literally means to cut apart. This refers to the practice of dissection used to study the body parts.

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Medical terms originate from Latin root words.

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Latin or Greek

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