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Ιατρική Ορολογία Medical Terminology

Ιατρική Ορολογία Medical Terminology. Is it really all Greek?. Ετυμολογία> Etymology (ἔτυμος = αληθινός, πραγματικός + λόγος> λέγω).

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Ιατρική Ορολογία Medical Terminology

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  1. Ιατρική ΟρολογίαMedical Terminology Is it really all Greek?

  2. Ετυμολογία> Etymology(ἔτυμος = αληθινός, πραγματικός + λόγος> λέγω) • In forming or understanding a word root, one needs a basic comprehension of the term and the source language. The study of the origin of words is called etymology. • Kidney • Greek (nefr(os)) • Latin (ren(es)). • Renal failure would be a condition of kidneys. • Nephritis is also a condition, or inflammation, of the kidneys. The suffix -itis means inflammation, and the entire word conveys the meaning inflammation of the kidney. • Suprarenalis a combination of the prefix supra- (meaning "above"), and the word root for kidney, and the entire word means "situated above the kidneys". • Nephrologist combines the root word for kidney to the suffix -ologist with the resultant meaning of "one who studies the kidneys".

  3. Medical Terminology • In medical terminology, the word root is not usually capable of standing alone as a complete word within a sentence. • The medical word root is taken from a different source language (Greek/Latin), so it will remain meaningless as a stand-alone term in an English sentence. • A suffixor prefix must be added to make a usable medical term. For example the term for "concerning the heart" is "cardiacus", from the Greek kardía. • Medical Terminology often uses words created using prefixes and suffixes in Latin and Ancient Greek. In medicine, their meanings, and their etymology, are informed by the language of origin.

  4. gastrectomy incision of the stomach gastralgia stomach pain Gastroenterology the study of the stomach and the intestines gastroscopy visual inspection of the stomach Γαστρεκτομή Γαστήρ + τομή (incision) Γαστραλγία Γαστήρ + άλγος (pain) Γαστρεντερολογία Γαστήρ + έντερο (intestine) + λόγος (>λέγω=speak/study) Γαστροσκόπηση Γαστήρ + σκοπώ (examine, inspect) Gastr- (=denotingrelationship to stomach)γαστήρ,ἡ (=στομάχι)

  5. Καρδιογράφημα Καρδιά + γράφω (write) Καρδιολογία Καρδιά + λόγος (>λέγω=speak/study) Καρδιολόγος (Καρδιά + λόγος) Βραδυκαρδία Βραδύς (=slow)+ καρδιά Cardiogram the record of the heart beat Cardiology the study of the heart and its functions Cardiologist practitioner of cardiology Bradycardia slow heartbeat (less than 60 beats per second) Cardiο- (=heart)Καρδιά, η

  6. Ρινίτιδα φλεγμονή του ρινικού βλεννογόνου Ρινορραγία Ρινοτομία ῥίς+τέμνω (cut) διάνοιξη ή αποκοπή της μύτης Rhinitis inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane Rhinorrhagia hemorrhage from the nose, nosebleed Rhinotomy process of cutting or making an incision into the nose Rhino = noseΑ.Ε. ῥίς, ἡ (μύτη)

  7. Οφθαλμία Oφθαλμολογία ophthalmia Οφθαλμός (=eye) +-ia(= disease). This suffix used to be more common but is being superseded by -itis. Ophthalmology the medical and surgical study of the eye, including treatment of diseases ophthalm- (=eye)ὀφθαλμός, ὁ (μάτι)

  8. hyper = excessive / hypo = less • υπερχοληστεριναιμία (hypercholesterolemia):excessive cholesterol in the blood • υπερθρεψία, υπερτροφία (hypernutrition) :eating more than normal; supernutrition; overnutrition • Hyperglycemia – Hypoglycemia

  9. Let’ s see what you know! • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords/

  10. Do you know the meaning? • Osteoarthritis – Osteoporosis

  11. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/appendixa.html

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