The name is derived from a word root meaning to find the direction or location.

This is a list of scientific words and word roots which have different meanings from in the original languages.

Also includes explanations of each word root as it is used today.

Certain otherwise identical word roots are distinguishable by different stress marking.

Suffixes are attached to the end of a word root to add meaning such as condition, disease process, or procedure.

In forming or understanding a word root, one needs a basic comprehension of the term and the source language.

This is different than most word roots in modern standard English.

The medical word root is taken from a different source language, so it will remain meaningless as a stand-alone term in an English sentence.

The process is different in standard English because the word roots are capable of standing alone in a sentence.

There are therefore three possible "accentual patterns" in word roots.