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WP 4-6
Definition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |