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Term | Definition |
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Internist | a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults. |
obstetrician | A physician who is concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth |
pediatrician | baby docter |
ophthalmologist | a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases |
pedagogy | the function or work of a teacher; teaching. |
demagoguery | a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people. |
hypodermic | underneath |
pachyderm | any of the thick-skinned |
optician | a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists. |
geriatric | old age, or aged persons. |
psychosis | a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality. |
monocle | an eyeglass for one eye |
dermatitis | inflammation of the skin. |
neurosis | Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality. |
intern | to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country. |
agogos | to lead or direct |
internus | between |
derma | skin |
hypos | under |
oculus | eye lens for seeing long distance |
ician | person who specializes in some profession |
opsis | view or sight |
paidos | child |
odontos | teeth |
kardia | heart |
logo | logic – correct reasoning; monologue – a long speech by one speaker;analogy – similarity, especially between things otherwise dissimilar. |
neuron | nerve |
osis | course of action |
itis | disease |
iatria | cure |
geras | old age |
algos | pain |
monos | one |
metron | measure |
demo | people/democracy |
psyche | human mind |