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© Dr Mark Hill (2008)

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Greek Symbols

UNSW Embryology in general uses the full name (alpha, etc) rather than Greek small letter (lower case) symbolic representation (α, etc) which would be the form normally used in research literature. The tables below shows the equivalent symbols.

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Greek Small Letters

Greek Symbol

Greek small letter

α

Greek small letter alpha

β

Greek small letter beta

γ

Greek small letter gamma

δ

Greek small letter delta

ε

Greek small letter epsilon

ζ

Greek small letter zeta

η

Greek small letter eta

θ

Greek small letter theta

ι

Greek small letter iota

κ

Greek small letter kappa

λ

Greek small letter lambda

μ

Greek small letter mu

ν

Greek small letter nu

ξ

Greek small letter xi

ο

Greek small letter omicron

π

Greek small letter pi

ρ

Greek small letter rho

ς

Greek small letter final sigma

σ

Greek small letter sigma

τ

Greek small letter tau

υ

Greek small letter upsilon

φ

Greek small letter phi

χ

Greek small letter chi

ψ

Greek small letter psi

ω

Greek small letter omega

ϑ

Greek small letter theta symbol

ϒ

Greek upsilon with hook symbol

Greek Capital Letters

Greek Symbol

Greek capital letter

Α

Greek capital letter alpha

Β

Greek capital letter beta

Γ

Greek capital letter gamma

Δ

Greek capital letter delta

Ε

Greek capital letter epsilon

Ζ

Greek capital letter zeta

Η

Greek capital letter eta

Θ

Greek capital letter theta

Ι

Greek capital letter iota

Κ

Greek capital letter kappa

Λ

Greek capital letter lambda

Μ

Greek capital letter mu

Ν

Greek capital letter nu

Ξ

Greek capital letter xi

Ο

Greek capital letter omicron

Π

Greek capital letter pi

Ρ

Greek capital letter rho
Note: There’s no Sigmaf, ” final sigma”, ΢ defined in iso-grk

Σ

Greek capital letter sigma

Τ

Greek capital letter tau

Υ

Greek capital letter upsilon

Φ

Greek capital letter phi

Χ

Greek capital letter chi

Ψ

Greek capital letter psi

Ω

Greek capital letter omega

Symbol Entities in HTML and XHTML

Example

Named Entity

Numeric Entity

Description

Α

Α

Α

Greek capital letter alpha

Β

Β

Β

Greek capital letter beta

Γ

Γ

Γ

Greek capital letter gamma

Δ

Δ

Δ

Greek capital letter delta

Ε

Ε

Ε

Greek capital letter epsilon

Ζ

Ζ

Ζ

Greek capital letter zeta

Η

Η

Η

Greek capital letter eta

Θ

Θ

Θ

Greek capital letter theta

Ι

Ι

Ι

Greek capital letter iota

Κ

Κ

Κ

Greek capital letter kappa

Λ

Λ

Λ

Greek capital letter lambda

Μ

Μ

Μ

Greek capital letter mu

Ν

Ν

Ν

Greek capital letter nu

Ξ

Ξ

Ξ

Greek capital letter xi

Ο

Ο

Ο

Greek capital letter omicron

Π

Π

Π

Greek capital letter pi

Ρ

Ρ

Ρ

Greek capital letter rho
Note: There’s no Sigmaf, ” final sigma”, ΢ defined in iso-grk

Σ

Σ

Σ

Greek capital letter sigma

Τ

Τ

Τ

Greek capital letter tau

Υ

Υ

Υ

Greek capital letter upsilon

Φ

Φ

Φ

Greek capital letter phi

Χ

Χ

Χ

Greek capital letter chi

Ψ

Ψ

Ψ

Greek capital letter psi

Ω

Ω

Ω

Greek capital letter omega

α

α

α

Greek small letter alpha

β

β

β

Greek small letter beta

γ

γ

γ

Greek small letter gamma

δ

δ

δ

Greek small letter delta

ε

ε

ε

Greek small letter epsilon

ζ

ζ

ζ

Greek small letter zeta

η

η

η

Greek small letter eta

θ

θ

θ

Greek small letter theta

ι

ι

ι

Greek small letter iota

κ

κ

κ

Greek small letter kappa

λ

λ

λ

Greek small letter lambda

μ

μ

μ

Greek small letter mu

ν

ν

ν

Greek small letter nu

ξ

ξ

ξ

Greek small letter xi

ο

ο

ο

Greek small letter omicron

π

π

π

Greek small letter pi

ρ

ρ

ρ

Greek small letter rho

ς

ς

ς

Greek small letter final sigma

σ

σ

σ

Greek small letter sigma

τ

τ

τ

Greek small letter tau

υ

υ

υ

Greek small letter upsilon

φ

φ

φ

Greek small letter phi

χ

χ

χ

Greek small letter chi

ψ

ψ

ψ

Greek small letter psi

ω

ω

ω

Greek small letter omega

ϑ

ϑ

ϑ

Greek small letter theta symbol

ϒ

ϒ

ϒ

Greek upsilon with hook symbol

Alphabetical Links

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Greek Symbols

External Resources

NIH Medlineplus Medical Dictionary

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About Glossary

Notes from the UNSW Embryology program compiled and written by Dr Mark Hill.

Reference Material used in preparing Glossary List: Texts listed on page 1 Reading of each notes section, Department of Anatomy Publications, WWW resources from NCBI, AMA (USA), Office of Rare Diseases (USA), PubMed Medline Dictionaries, MSDS, Merck Manual home edn., NHMRC (Australia).

These Notes are for educational purposes only.

Comments

Dr Mark Hill

Use this page to access specific terms listed alphabetically.

In addition, there is another index (now slightly out of date) which also lists all Notes pages.

Please email Dr Mark Hill if you wish to make a comment about this current project.

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