Greek and Latin Roots of Medical and Scientific Terminologies, Paperback by Curtis, Todd A., ISBN 1118358635, ISBN-13 9781118358634, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "The vast majority of technical and scientific terms used in medical terminology are derived from ancient Greek and Latin. It has been estimated that over 90 percent of our medical terms come from these two classical languages. Far from becoming obsoletedue to the advances in modern medicine, these two so-called dead languages continue to function as the primary word-stock for creating new terms for the ever-changing vocabulary of medicine. This raises the question as to how did Greek and Latin become the dominant languages of medicine"--
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