"lyre-player," 1650s, from French lyriste, from Latin lyristes, from Greek lyristes, from stem of lyrizein, from lyra (see lyre).

"of or pertaining to the navel or omphalos," 1805, from Latinized form of Greek omphalikos, from omphalos "navel" (see omphalos).

"pertaining to or teaching wisdom," 1773, from Greek sophia "wisdom" (see Sophia) + -ic. Related: Sophical; sophically.

1827, from Italian flautista, from flauto "flute" (from Late Latin flauta; see flute (n.)) + Greek-derived suffix -ista.

class of enzymes, 1897, from French lipase (1896), from Greek lipos "fat" (see lipo-) + chemical enzyme ending -ase.

"hatred of marriage," 1650s, from Modern Latin misogamia, abstract noun from Greek misogamos "hating marriage;" see miso- + -gamy.

"to form hypotheses," 1738, from hypothesis + -ize. Hypothetize is an alternative form, preserving the consonant of the Greek base. Related: Hypothesized; hypothesizing.

"study of rheumatism and rheumatic diseases," 1949, from Greek rheumat-, stem of rheuma "discharge" (see rheum) + -ology. Related: Rheumatologist.

word-forming element meaning "pertaining to agriculture or cultivation," from Greek agros "field," from PIE root *agro- "field."

before vowels pneumon-, word-forming element meaning "lung," from Greek pneumon (genitive pneumonos "lung" (see pneumo-).