XXVI

Question 1

convex- (Lat.)

Answer 1

vaulted, rounded

Question 2

hallux, halluc- (Lat.)

Answer 2

big toe

Question 3

hern- (Lat.)

Answer 3

rupture

Question 4

lumb- (Lat.)

Answer 4

loin

Question 5

plant- (Lat.)

Answer 5

sole of the foot

Question 6

radix- , radic- (Lat.)

Answer 6

root

Question 7

scoli- (Gk.)

Answer 7

curved, bent

Question 8

related to the heart and blood vessels” (esp. cardiovascular exercise)

Answer 8

cardio /cardiovascular [cardi+o+vascul+ar]

Question 9

surgical removal of fat deposits via vacuum suction

Answer 9

lipo/ liposuction [lip+o+suct(Lat. “to suck”)+ion]

Question 10

an abnormally high number of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood

Answer 10

mono / mononucleosis [mon+o+nucle+osis]

Question 11

infection of the gray matter of the spinal column or central nervous system

Answer 11

polio / poliomyelitis [poli+o+myel+itis]

Question 12

a type of bacterial organism with spherical clusters linked together in a chain-like (twisted) series (esp. of the infection strep throat)

Answer 12

strep / streptococcus [strept (Gk. twisted) +o+ coccus (Gk. berry)]

Question 13

so called because of the apparent resemblance of the spreading growth of tumors

Answer 13

cancer [Lat. cancer, cf Gk. Karkinos “crab”]

Question 14

used to describe blood vessels that are similar in shape to “little hairs”

Answer 14

capillary [capill+ary]

Question 15

a convoluted elevation of gray matter in the brain that helps with short term memory and spatial awareness; so called because of its supposed resembalance to a sea horse (in greek mythology, hippokampos also denoted the horse-fish hybrids that provided transportaion for sea gods

Answer 15

hippocampus [Gk. hippokampos, “sea horse”]

Question 16

name for a collection of disorders usually marked by a discoloration of the skin, though may also include a range of other ailments; named for the apparently voracious nature of the affliction

Answer 16

lupus (Lat. lupus “wolf”]

Question 17

compulsive eating of non-nutritive substances, such as dirt or hair; named after the magpie, a bird in the crow family, because of its remarkably wide-ranging diet; probably analogous to the greek kitta (“jay”, which was used in antiquity to denote cravings for strange food

Answer 17

pica [lat. pica “magpie”]

Question 18

originally a “many-footed” creature (hence the French for “octopus” poulpe) but later used to indicate a nasal tumor; now a “protruding growth from any mucous membrane”

Answer 18

polyp [poly+pus]

Question 19

complex of nerves situatued at the pit of the stomach, so called because of its “radiatinf” appearnace, lit “sun-like network” (also known as the plexus coeliacus, a phrase meanng “gastric network”; ck Gk. coel “cavity”

Answer 19

solar plexus

Question 20

from Gk. diatia “manner of life, behavior” now used specifically for a manner of eating

Answer 20

diet

Question 21

lit. “state of having ingested poison:, now used primarily to refer specifically to drunkness (though it can refer to other chemicals)

Answer 21

intoxication

Question 22

from Gk. nausia (or nautia)”sea sickness” now used of any feeling of sickness, esp. with an inclination to vomit; an example of generalization

Answer 22

nausea

Question 23

related to Gk. physis (“nature” from “phy- “to grow”); a physikos was a natural philosopher, one who inquired into the nature of the universe; now used of a medidcal doctor (cf. “physicist”

Answer 23

physician

Question 24

from Lat. plaga “strike, blow” now used to refer to an infectious disease, especially that caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis; an example of specification and intensification

Answer 24

plague

Question 25

an infectious viral disease so called from the assumption that epidemics could be caused by astological conditions, influentia being used to refer to the "flowing in" (in+flu+ence) of astral emissions that could effect changes in the world (cf. "lunatic" a word used to desfribe someone with a mental ailment thought to be caused by the movements of the moon

Answer 25

flu [colloquial shortening of Ital. influenza, from Lat. influentia "influence"]

Question 26

a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, marked by urethritis and purulent discharce in men, but often asymptomatic in women; so called because the shitich discharge from male sex oragans was assumed to be semesn (hence its other name, "spermatorrhea") in early accounts also written as Gomorrea from a percieved connection with the biblical city of Gomorrah, famous for hypersexuality

Answer 26

gonorrhea

Question 27

a disorder marked by a patient's unfounded belief that he or she is suffering from some serious illness; so called from the notion the melancholy (or black bile, the humor responsible for depression and anxiety) originated in the aea below the costal cartilages; "melancholy" and "humor" are themselves also examples or words that have changed in meaning over time

Answer 27

hypochondria [hypo+chondr+ia; "hypochondriasis"]

Question 28

a nebulous term used to describe various types of mental disturbance, originally a reference to a supposed physical disorder involving the dysfunction or displacement of the womb

Answer 28

hysteria [hyster+ia "diseased condition of the womb]

Question 29

an illness originally thought to be caused by the atmosphere around marshy areas; now used of a group of diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Plasmodium, transferred mostly via mosquitos

Answer 29

malaria [Ital. mala aria, "bad air" from lat. mal-, Gk. aer-]

Question 30

once thought to secrete nasal mucus, the pituitary gland is now known to secrete important endocrine hormones; also called the "hypophysis" ("undergrowth, offshoot") because it hangs dowm under the hypothalamus

Answer 30

pituitary [Lat, pitiota, "mucus , slime"]

Question 31

apparently a Byzantine corruption of the earlier Greek term acne (high point peak); possiblyselescted to describe the "points" of pimples, though perhaps instead in reference to the "peak" of adolescence, the time at which pimples generally appear

Answer 31

ance

Question 32

from Latin lympha (originally limpa, "clear [liquid]") an altered spelling arising from a supposed etymological connection with Greek nymphe ("nymph" a mythological crature frequently associated with pools of water); used of the transparent fluid founf in the lymphatic system, part of the circulatory system

Answer 32

lymph

Question 33

from French migraine, derived ultimately from hemicrania (half of the skull) a headache characteristically affecting only one side of the head

Answer 33

migraine

Question 34

an alternation through French of the original Greek from paralysis (para+ly+sis)

Answer 34

palsy