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.
The list below covers just a few areas of interest that are, in fact, the foundations for learning the language of medicine - medical terminology. 1  Table of Combining Forms. 2  Table of Greek & Latin Verbal Derivatives. 3  Table of Prefixes.  Table of Suffixes.