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Apollo
A
god of light, prophecy and healing
- killed Coronis (lover) for unfaithfulness
- gave her son to Chiron (Wise centaur who taught him the art of medicine)
2
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Asclepius
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Apollo’s son, the god of medicine, known as the blameless physician
3
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Hippocrates
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Father of Medicine
- founded a medical school
- first to base medicine on science (not gods)
4
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surgery
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cheir (hand) and ergon (work)
5
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Chiromancy
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the prediction/divination of the future by reading the lines on palm
6
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MB.Ch.B
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mEDICINAE Baccalaureus Chirurgiae Baccalaureus
7
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aesthet-
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feeling
8
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alg-
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pain
9
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arth-
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joint
10
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cardi-
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heart
11
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cephal-
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head
12
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crani-
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skull
13
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cyt-
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cell
14
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encephalo-
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brain
15
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enter-
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intestine
16
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gastr-
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stomach
17
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haem-
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blood
18
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hepat-
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liver
19
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iatr-
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physician/doctor/healer
20
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leuk-
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white
21
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lip-
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fat
22
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melan-
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black
23
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my-
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muscle
24
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myel-
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bne marrow, spinal cord
25
nephr-
kidney
26
neur-
nerve
27
odyn-
pain
28
ophthalm
eye
29
oste-
bone
30
ot-
ear
31
paed-
child
32
pneum-
lung
33
pod-
foot
34
rhin-
nose
35
somat-
body
36
scler-
hard
37
sten-
narrow
38
tachy-
rapid
39
tom-
cut
40
troph-
nourish, grow
41
-oma
swelling, tumour, diseased condition of
42
-a, -ia
condition of
43
-ium
membrane, tissue
44
-itis
inflammation
45
-osis
non-inflammatory abnormal condition
46
-pathy
disease of or treatment of disease of
47
-tomy
surgical cutting of
48
ectomy
excision of
49
-meter
for measuring
50
-graph
for recording
51
-rrhoea
abnormal discharge, flow
52
-therapy
treatment of
53
where did pupil of the eye come from
reflection of looking at pupil looked like a little doll (pupilla)
54
Penicilin
culture of moulds by Sir Alexander Fleming, which were observed to inhibit growth
55
hystera
uterus
56
atrophy
degeneration of cells
57
toxaemia
condition of blood poisoning by toxins
58
melanoma
cancer/tumours of the skin
59
neuropathy
disease of one/more peripheral nerves
60
anaemic
blood with an iron deficiency
61
carcinogenic
having potential to cause cancer
62
myograph
device that records he force produced by muscle under contraction
63
mastectomy
excision of breast(s)
64
neuralgia
intense intermittent pain along the course of a nerve
65
hydrocephalus
abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid
66
megalocephaly
abnormally large brain due to development disoder
67
arteriosclerosis
narrowing of one or more blood vessels
68
epicranium
collection of structures covering the cranium
69
leukocyte
white blood cells
70
sclerosis
stiffening of a structure
71
angiostenosis
narrowing of blood vessels
72
neuroo
nervous system
73
poliomyelitis
highly infectious viral disease
74
tachycardia
abnormally rapid heart rate
75
necrocytotoxin
toxin that causes death of cells
76
angiocarditis
inflammaion of the heart and blood vessels
77
endorhinitis
inflamattion of nasal passage
78
hypnology
study of sleep and hypnosis
79
odontology
study of teeth
80
dactylic
finger
81
histogenesis
differentiation of cells into specialized tissues and organs
82
glossalgia
condition of the tongue
83
nostalgia
homesickness
84
otitis
inflamation of the ear
85
polyglot
multilingual
86
pantophagous
omnivorous
87
myositis
inflammation of the muscle
88
neurodermatites
inflammation of skin caused by nervous disorder
89
anaesthesia
without feeling
90
otorrhea
discharge of the ear
91
anorexia
without appetite (orexis)
92
endogenous disease
disease caused or originating within an organism/tissue or a cell
93
exogenous
growing or originating from outside an organism/tissue/cell
94
antigen
toxin/foreign substance which induced an immune response in the body (esp production of antibodies)
95
periodontal
gum disease
96
enterozoon
animal parasite in the intestines of a human
97
haematozoon
general blood parasites
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