Word Pieces for Week Two How to Talk about Doctors

1. Word Pieces for Week TwoHow to Talk about Doctors Prefix, Root, Suffix Meaning Inside Midwife Child Foot Leading, leader People Skin Under Eye Eye Expert Vision, sight measurement • Internus • Obstetrix • Paidos • Pedis • Agogos • Demos • Derma • Hypos • Ophthalmos • Oculus • -ician • Opsis, optikos • metron

2. Word Pieces for Week TwoHow to Talk about Doctors Prefix, Root, Suffix Meaning straight, correct Tooth Heart Science; study Nerve Pain Abnormal or diseased condition Inflammation Spirit, soul, mind Medical healing Old age child • Orthos • Odontos • Kardia • Logos • Neuron • Algos • -osis • -itis • Psyche • iatreia • Geras • Paidos (ped-)

3. Can you name the doctor for each field? • Mental or emotional disturbances • Nervous system • Skin • Diagnosis; internal organs • Infants • Female reproductive organs • Eyes • Heart • Pregnancy, childbirth • Skeletal system • Psychiatrist • Neurologist • Dermatologist • Internist • Pediatrician • Gynecologist • Opthalmologist • Cardiologist • Obstetrician • orthopedist

4. Bellringer - Tuesday YES YES NO NO YES NO YES NO YES YES • Is an internist an expert in diagnosis? • Is a gynecologist familiar with the female reproductive organs? • Does an obstetrician specialize in diseases of childhood? • Does a pediatrician deliver babies? • If you had a skin disease, would you visit a dermatologist? • If you had trouble with your vision would you visit an orthopedist? • Is an ophthalmologist an eye specialist? • Does a cardiologist treat bone fractures? • Is a neurologist a nerve specialist? • If you were nervous, tense, overly anxious, constantly fearful for no apparent reasons, would a psychiatrist be the specialist to see?

5. GP: Write the name of the specialist you might visit or be referred to: • For a suspected brain disorder • For a thorough internal checkup • If you have a skin disease • If you have a heart problem • If you are tense, fearful, insecure • If you are pregnant • For some disorder of the female reproductive organs • For a checkup for your two-month-old child • For faulty vision • For curvature of the spine • Neurologist • Internist • Dermatologist • Cardiologist • Psychiatrist • Obstetrician • Gynecologist • Pediatrician • Ophthalmologist • Orthopedist

6. Tuesday – Guided Practice • Gynecology • Obstetrics • Pediatrics • Pedagogy • Demagoguery • Dermatology • taxidermy • Principles of teaching • Stuffing of skins of animals • Specialty dealing with the delivery of newborn infants • Stirring up discontent among the masses • Treatment of skin diseases • Specialty dealing with women’s diseases • Specialty dealing with the treatment of children

7. Tuesday – Guided Practice • Hypodermic • Epidermis • Pachyderm • Dermatitis • Ophtalmologist • Optometrist • Optician • Elephant • Eye doctor • Under the skin • One who measures vision • Lens grinder • Outer layer of skin • Inflammation of the skin

8. Bellringer - Wednesday • Does a treatise on obstetrics deal with childbirth? • Does gynecology deal with the female reproductive organs? • Is pediatrics concerned with the diseases of old age? • Does pedagogy refer to teaching? • Is a pedagogue an expert teacher? • Is a demagogue interested in the welfare of the people? • Is a lion a pachyderm? • Is the epidermis one of the layers of the skin? • Is dermatitis an inflammation of one of the limbs? • Is a taxidermist a medical practitioner? • Is an opthalmologist a medical doctor? • Is an optometrist a medical doctor? • Does an optician prescribe glasses? • YES • YES • NO • YES • NO • NO • NO • YES • NO • NO • YES • NO • NO

9. Wednesday – Guided Practice • Specialty of child delivery • Outer layer of skin • Principles of teaching • Thick-skinned animal • Skin inflammation • One who foments political discontent • One who sells optical equipment • Medical graduate serving his apprenticeship • Treatment of childhood diseases • Practice of stirring up political dissatisfaction for purely personal gain • Obstetrics • Epidermis • Pedagogy • Pachyderm • Dermatitis • Demagogue • Optician • Intern or interne • Pediatrics • demagoguery

10. Wednesday - GP • One who stuffs the skins of animals • Enother title for opthalmologist • Treatment of female ailments • Medical specialty relating to diseases of the eye • One-lens eyeglass • Pertaining to the eye • One who measures vision • Taxidermist • Oculist • Gynecology • Opthalmology • Monocle • Ocular • optometrist

11. Wednesday - GP • Orthopedics • Orthodontia • Neuralgia • Neuritis • Geriatrics • Nerve pain • Specialty dealing with medical problems of the elderly • Straightening of teeth • Inflammation of the nerves • Treatment of skeletal deformities

12. Wednesday - GP • Cardiogram • Cardiograph • Neurosis • Psychosis • psychiatry • Record of heart beats • Mental unbalance • Emotional disturbance • Treatment of personality disorders • Instrument for recording heartbeats

13. Bellringer - Thursday • A gynecologist’s patients are mostly men. • Ophthalmology is the study of eye diseases. • Orthopedics is the specialty dealing with the bones and joints. • A cardiac patient has a heart ailment. • A person with a bad “bite” may profit from orthodontia. • Neuralgia is a disease of the bones. • A neurosis is the same as a psychosis. • Neuritis is inflammation of the nerves. • Psychiatry is a medical specialty that deals with mental, emotional, and personality disturbances. • A cardiograph is a device for recording heartbeats. • Psychiatric treatment is designed to relieve tensions, fears, and insecurities. • A doctor who specializes in pediatrics has very old patients. • A geriatrician has very young patients. • FALSE • TRUE • TRUE • TRUE • TRUE • FALSE • FALSE • TRUE • TRUE • TRUE • TRUE • FALSE • FALSE

14. Thursday – Quiz Review • Specialist who straightens teeth • Nerve pain • Medical specialty dealing with bones and joints • Medical specialty dealing with emotional disturbances and mental illness • Inflammation of the nerves • Emotional or personality disorder • Mentally unbalanced • Pertaining to the heart • Specialty dealing with medical problems of the elderly • Instrument that records heart action • Record produced by such an instrument • Orthodontist • Neuralgia • orthopedics • Psychiatry • Neuritis • Neurosis • Psychotic • Cardiac • Geriatrics • Cardiograph • cardiogram