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WP 4-6
Definition
Question | Answer |
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Internist | A specialist who gives you a thorough physical examination ussing an impressive array of tests: xray, blood chemistry, urinalysis, cardiogram etc. |
Gynecologist | A specialist who treats the female reproductive and sexual organs. |
Obstetrician | This specialist delivers babies and takes care of the mother during and immediately after the period of her pregnency |
Pediatrician | SPecialty dealing with the treatment of children |
Ophthalmologist | eye doctor |
Orthopedist | medical specialty dealing with bones and joints |
Cardiologist | specialist with heart problems |
Neurologist | dealing with nerve pain |
Psychiatrist | dealing with the brain mental problems |
Taxidermy | One who stuffs the skins of animals |
Pedagogy | principles of teaching |
Demagoguery | practice of stirring up political dissatisfaction for purely personal gain |
Hypodermic | elephant |
Pachyderm | thick skinned animals |
Optician | one who sells optical equipment |
Geriatric | specialty dealing with medical problems of the elderly |
Cardiogram | record of heart beat |
Psychosis | mental unbalance |
Binoculars | field glasses that increase the range of two |
Monocle | a lence for one eye, sported by characters in old movies as a symbol of the british so called upper class |
Dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
Neurosis | emotional desturbance |
Optics | Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. |
Intern | a medical graduate serving his apprenticeship |
Agogos | leader |
Obstetrix | midwife |
Gyne | women |
Internus | inside |
Derma | skin |
Hypos | under |
Ophthalmos | eye |
Oculus | eye |
-Ician | expert |
Opsis, Optikos | vision, sight |
Paidos | child |
Odontos | tooth |
Kardia | heart |
Logos | science, study |
Neuron | nerve |
-Osis | abnormal or diseased condition |
-Itis | inflammation |
Iatreia | medical healing |
Geras | old age |
Algos | pain |
Bi | two |
Monos | one |
Metron | measurement |
Agogos | leading, leader |
Demos | people |
Psyche | spirit, soul, mind |
Dermatologist | a specialist who treats all type of skin diseases |