Greek-leaning Pathology Terms - All terms found within show-notes

My links: My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/rhetoricrevolution Send me a voice message!: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liam-connerly TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mrconnerly?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connerlyliam/ Podcast | Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution https://open.spotify.com/show/0EjiYFx1K4lwfykjf5jApM?si=b871da6367d74d92 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrConnerly Greek-leaning pathology words1. Pathology From Greek pathos = suffering, feeling, disease and logos = study, account So pathology literally means the study of suffering/disease. This is a great opener because it shows how medical language often begins not with the body, but with the idea of human suffering. From Greek kardia = heart You get: cardiac arrest tachycardia = fast heart bradycardia = slow heart Very teachable because once people know cardi-, they start seeing it everywhere. From Greek neuron = nerve, sinew Used in: neuropathy neurology neurosis A nice example of how one root moves from the physical body into psychology and culture. From Greek arthron = joint plus -itis = inflammation So arthritis literally means inflammation of the joint. This is one of the most useful medical suffixes to teach: tonsillitis bronchitis dermatitis From Greek gaster = stomach plus -itis Literally inflammation of the stomach. You can connect this to: gastric gastrology gastrointestinal From Greek derma = skin plus -itis Literally inflammation of the skin. This root is highly visible in: epidermis dermatology hypodermic From Greek nephros = kidney plus -itis Literally kidney inflammation. Good pair with the Latin root below for kidney, because English often keeps both a Greek and Latin tradition alive. From Greek hepar, hepat- = liver plus -itis Literally inflammation of the liver. This one is a perfect example of a form that looks strange in English until you know the root. From Greek haima / hem- = blood and rhēgnynai / -rrhage = to burst forth So hemorrhage is basically blood bursting out. This is vivid, memorable, and very good for an audience because they can feel the image in the word. From Greek an- = without and haima = blood Literally without blood or lack of blood. Not perfectly literal in modern physiology, of course, but etymologically very revealing. From Greek kyanos = dark blue plus -osis = condition Literally the blue condition. Excellent for showing how medical language often names visible bodily states very directly. From Greek leukos = white and haima = blood Literally white blood. A striking example of descriptive naming based on what was observed. From Greek paralysis = loosening, disabling from para- + lyein = to loosen So it carries the sense of being loosened apart or disabled. Great for showing that many disease terms began as verbs of bodily action. From Greek dia- = through and rhein = to flow Literally flowing through. Extremely memorable and surprisingly elegant once broken down. From Greek dys- = bad, difficult and pepsis = digestion Literally bad digestion. A useful root pair because dys- appears all over pathology: dysfunction dyspnea dysphagia From Greek dys- = difficult and pnoē = breath Literally difficult breathing. Very accessible for an audience because the meaning becomes obvious once you crack it open. From Greek dys- = difficult and phagein = to eat Literally difficulty eating/swallowing. Good chance to explain how roots shift over time into more technical meanings. From Greek nekros = dead body, corpse plus -osis = condition Literally the condition of dead tissue. Dark, vivid, and very podcast-friendly. From Greek onkos = mass, burden, tumor plus logos = study Literally the study of tumors/masses. This surprises people because the modern word feels so distant from its root. From Greek psyche = soul, mind plus -osis = condition