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.
Biological terminology and med terms of Greek or Latin origin ending in-a regularly drop the-a before a suffix beginning with a vowel: pleura + -al = pleural. urea + -ic = ureic. lamina + -ectomy = laminectomy. Click here to jump to the first page of Suffix Prefix Dictionary. Thanks for lovin' Suffix Prefix Dictionary â the Internet's most comprehensive biology prefixes and suffixes list! Thorough enough for adults. Safe enough for kids.