Chapter 5: Medicine

Question 1

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-ectomy

Answer 1

surgical removal of

Question 2

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-in, -ine

Answer 2

chemical substance

Question 3

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-logist

Answer 3

one who studies

Question 4

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-oma

Answer 4

usually “tumor arising in or compose of”;
sometimes “swelling containing”;
rarely “ diseased condition”, “result of”

Question 5

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-rrhea

Answer 5

abnormal discharge of, flow

Question 6

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-therapy

Answer 6

treatment of or by

Question 7

Base

cardi-

Answer 7

heart

Question 8

Base

cephal-

Answer 8

head, skull, brain

Question 9

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dendr-

Answer 9

tree, tree-like structure

Question 10

Base

enter-

Answer 10

intestine

Question 11

Base

mast-

Answer 11

breast

Question 12

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my-, mus-, myos-

Answer 12

muscle

Question 13

Base

my-, mus-, myos-

Answer 13

muscle

Question 14

Base

nephr-

Answer 14

kidney

Question 15

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ophthalm-

Answer 15

eye

Question 16

Base

oste-

Answer 16

bone

Question 17

Base

phleb

Answer 17

vein

Question 18

cerebral

Answer 18

relating to the brain

from cerebrum, “brain”

Question 19

femur, femoral

Answer 19

thigh

from femur, femoris, “thigh”

Question 20

jugular

Answer 20

relating to the collarbone or throat

Question 21

nasal

Answer 21

relating to the nose

Question 22

ocular

Answer 22

of or connected with the eyes

Question 23

pectoral

Answer 23

of or relating to the chest

Question 24

pulmonary

Answer 24

relating to the lungs

Question 25

renal

Answer 25

of or concerning the kidneys

Question 26

Who is Asklepios/Aesculapius/Asclepius?

Answer 26

Son of Apollo, the god of Medicine. Snake associated: skin shedding. ## Footnote Apollo was healer

Question 27

Who is Hippocrates?

Answer 27

The beginning of rational medicine. Founder of Hippocrates’ school of Medicine Hippocratic oath: doctor swore by Apollo and Asklepios | Prognosis: before to know. prediction ## Footnote Greek doctor: travel throughout Greece, or set up a surgery in big cities