Greek and Roman Alphabet

1-A. List of the Greek alphabet

It is important to understand the correlation between greek and roman =lphabet, because transliteration from greek to Roman alphabet, or vice versa, is =elpful for the understanding etymology of medical terminology.

lower case	upper case	name	corresponding roman alphabet
	A	alpha	a
	B	beta	b
		gamma	g
		delta	d
	E	epsilon	e (short vowel)
	Z	zeta	z
	H	eta	e (long vowel)
		theta	th
	I	iota	i
	K	kappa	k
		lambda	l
	M	mu	m
	N	nu	n
		xi	ks, x
	O	omicron	o (short vowel)
		pi	p
	P	rho	r, rh*
, **		sigma	s
	T	tau	t
		upsilon	y
		phi	ph
	X	chi	ch
		psi	ps
		omega	o (long vowel)

Notes:
*When comes at the head of the word (e.g. , rheuma > rheumatism) (see 1-D =ccent, breathing)
**When sigma comes at the end of the word (e.g. , stenos > stenosis)