Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A scientific or medical word built out of Greek and Latin roots. This is the biggest group in the list, about a third of everything.
Medicine gives us anconitis, inflammation of the elbow, and adenalgy, pain in a gland. Chemistry gives us acetylsalicylic. Anatomy, botany and zoology all do the same thing.
Once you know the roots they are completely predictable, which is why no dictionary lists them all. You can keep making new ones forever.
18,355 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Field and meaning |
|---|---|
| postmedullary | anatomy, behind the medulla |
| postmeningeal | anatomy, behind the meninges |
| postmesenteric | anatomy, behind the mesentery |
| postmuscular | anatomy, behind a muscle |
| postmycotic | medical, following a fungal infection |
| postmyxedematous | medical, following myxedema |
| postmyxedemic | medical, following myxedema |
| postnodular | anatomy, behind the nodulus |
| postolivary | anatomy, behind the olivary body |
| postomental | anatomy, behind the mentum |
| postosseous | anatomy, behind a bone |
| postpalpebral | anatomy, behind the eyelid |
| postparotid | anatomy, behind the parotid gland |
| postparotitic | medical, following mumps |
| postpathologic | medical, after a pathological state |
| postpectoral | anatomy, behind the pectoral region |
| postpeduncular | anatomy, behind the peduncle |
| postpharyngal | anatomy, behind the pharynx |
| postphlogistic | medical, following inflammation |
| postphragma | entomology, hind phragma of the thorax |
| postphrenic | anatomy, behind the diaphragm |
| postphthisic | medical, following phthisis |
| postpituitary | anatomy, behind the pituitary |
| postplegic | medical, following a stroke or palsy |
| postpontile | anatomy, behind the pons |
| postprostate | anatomy, behind the prostate |
| postpulmonary | anatomy, behind the lung |
| postpupillary | anatomy, behind the pupil |
| postpyramidal | anatomy, behind the pyramid |
| postramus | anatomy, behind the ramus of the jaw |
| postrorse | botany, turned backward |
| postsaccular | anatomy, behind the saccule |
| postscalenus | anatomy, hindmost scalene muscle |
| postscapularis | anatomy, muscle behind the scapula |
| postscarlatinoid | medical, following scarlet fever |
| postscorbutic | medical, following scurvy |
| postsigmoid | anatomy, behind the sigmoid flexure |
| postsigmoidal | anatomy, behind the sigmoid flexure |
| postsphenoidal | anatomy, of the postsphenoid bone |
| postsphygmic | physiology, after the pulse wave |
| postspinous | anatomy, behind a spine or spinous process |
| poststertorous | medical, following stertorous breathing |
| postsymphysial | anatomy, behind the symphysis |
| postsynsacral | anatomy, behind the synsacrum |
| postsyphilitic | medical, following syphilis |
| posttabetic | medical, following tabes dorsalis |
| postthalamic | anatomy, behind the thalamus |
| postthoracic | anatomy, behind the thorax |
| postthyroidal | anatomy, behind the thyroid |
| posttrapezoid | anatomy, behind the trapezoid bone |
| posttubercular | medical, following tuberculosis |
| postumbilical | anatomy, behind the navel |
| postumbonal | conchology, behind the umbo |
| postureteral | anatomy, behind the ureter |
| postureteric | anatomy, behind the ureter |
| postvarioloid | medical, following varioloid smallpox |
| postvenous | anatomy, behind a vein |
| postxiphoid | anatomy, behind the xiphoid process |
| potophobia | medical, morbid dread of drinking |
| powerstat | electrical, a variable autotransformer |
| praeabdomen | zoology, front part of a scorpion's abdomen |
| praeesophageal | anatomy, in front of the oesophagus |
| praelabrum | entomology, plate in front of the labrum |
| praenarial | anatomy, in front of the nostrils |
| praeneural | anatomy, in front of the neural arch |
| praesphenoid | anatomy, the presphenoid bone |
| praesternal | anatomy, of the presternum |
| praestomium | zoology, region in front of the mouth |
| praesystolic | medical, just before the systole |
| praseocobaltic | chemistry, a green cobalt-ammine series |
| prasophagous | zoology, feeding on leeks |
| prasophagy | the eating of leeks or onions |
| pratensian | biology, growing or living in meadows |
| pratincolous | ecology, inhabiting meadows |
| prealveolar | anatomy, in front of the alveolus |
| preascitic | medical, preceding ascites |
| preaxiad | anatomy, toward the preaxial side |
| prebacillary | medical, before bacillary infection |
| prebasilar | anatomy, in front of the basilar bone |
| prebrachium | anatomy, anterior brachium of the midbrain |
| precentrum | zoology, front part of a vertebral centrum |
| precerebroid | anatomy, in front of the cerebroid mass |
| prechloric | chemistry, pre- + chloric |
| prechoroid | anatomy, in front of the choroid |
| precinction | architecture, aisle dividing theatre seating |
| preclival | anatomy, in front of the clivus |
| precondyloid | anatomy, in front of a condyle |
| preesophageal | anatomy, in front of the esophagus |
| prefelic | petrology, CIPW class dominated by felic minerals |
| pregastrular | embryology, before the gastrula stage |
| pregeminum | anatomy, anterior corpus quadrigeminum |
| pregeniculatum | anatomy, anterior geniculate body |
| pregeniculum | anatomy, anterior geniculate body |
| preglenoidal | anatomy, in front of the glenoid cavity |
| preglobulin | biochemistry, globulin fraction ahead of the rest |
| pregracile | anatomy, in front of the gracile lobule |
| prehalter | entomology, structure in front of the haltere |
| prehalteres | entomology, plural of prehalter |
| prehepaticus | anatomy, Latin prehepatic (recessus prehepaticus) |
| prehypophysis | anatomy, anterior lobe of the pituitary |
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