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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |