(Greek: above, over, on, upon; besides; in addition to; toward; among)

(Greek: above, over; excessive; more than normal; abnormal excess [in medicine]; abnormally great or powerful sensation [in physical or pathological terms]; highest [in chemical compounds])

(Latin: above, over, more than; excessive)

(Greek > Modern Latin: throat, upper part of the windpipe; the vocal-chord area of the throat; the musculocartilaginous structure below the tongue root and hyoid bone and above the trachea)

(statement that lies above about the one who lies below)

(Greek > Latin: inner room, bedchamber; so called by Galen because chambers at the base of the brain were thought to supply animal spirits to the optic nerves; thalamus, the middle part of the diencephalon (the area in the center of the brain just above the brain stem that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus) which relays sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex of the brain)

(Latin: a pendent, fleshy mass; the small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue; composed of the levator and tensor palati muscle of the uvula, connective tissue, and mucous membrane; literally, "little grape")