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who is the god associated with healing in greek mythology?

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apollo

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who is associated with the snake symbol of medicine?

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asklepios

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what is an asclepion?

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temple dedicate to asklepios

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who are the beginnings of rational medicine attributed to?

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hippocrates

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what were characteristics of hippocrates in medicine?

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  • hippocratic oath
  • strong in prognosis
  • weak in diagnosis
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what was used as drugs in greek medicine?

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-vegetable or mineral remedies
- wine : disinfectant
- leaves of fig and olive trees
- plaster of lentils: bandaging

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what did greek surgery focus on?

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bones and accompanying tissues

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what is the theory of humors?

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the balance of four humors in a person’s body determined their physical health

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what are the four humors?

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blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile

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what was a sanguine temperament attributed to?

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cheerful and lively as a result of the dominance of blood

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what temperament was caused by the excess of phlegm?

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phlegmatic. calm and tough

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what caused melancholia?

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surplus of black bile. gloomy and anxious

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what did it mean to be choleric?

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lively and sometimes irascible due to excess of yellow bile

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what was thought to affect the four humors?

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diet and climate

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what described the appropriate manner of dealing with patients?

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The Physician. advises the doctos to keep himself in good physical condition
- impolite to ask for payment
- humor

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atrium

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-atrium: central courtyard of roman house
- one of the two upper chambers of the heart

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cardiologist

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-cardi: heart
-logist: one who studies

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chlorine

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chlor: light green, yellowish green
- ine :noun forming suffix
yellowish green gas

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cholera

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cholerikos: full of cholera

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complex

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dorsal

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dorsum: back

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heliotherapy

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helio: sun
therapy: treatment of or by

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hematoma

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-haemat: blood
-oma: tumor arising in or consisting of
swelling containing blood, blood blister

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hypodermic

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-hypo: under
-derm: skin]
-ic: adjective forming suffix
under the skin

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jugular
-jugulum: throat -jugum: yolk relating to collarbone or throat
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mycology
-myc: fungus -o: combining vowel - log: study of -y: noun forming suffix study of fungus
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mycosis
myc: fungus a condition of fungal infestation
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phobia
phobos- "fear"
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psychosis
base: psyche- mind suffix: osis - disease of disease of the mind
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thermometer
base: therm - heat suffix: meter - device for measuring
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toxicology
base: tox - poison combining vowel: o base: log - to study noun forming suffix: y meaning: scientific study of poisons
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agoraphobia
base: agora - meeting place/ marketplace base: phobia - fear meaning: fear of leaving environment
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analysis
prefix: ana - up, back, again base: lyein - to unfasten noun forming suffix: is meaning: breaking down into simpler components
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animus
mind, spirit one of the latin words for greek "psyche"
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arete
"courage" - meaning according to Homer skill or efficiency at a specific job what made a person a good or efficient human? one who possessed arete anthropine
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claustrophobia
base: claustrum- confined space base: phobos - fear
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egocentric
base: ego - I base: kentrikos- referring to the center meaning: individual viewing the world in relation to oneself and excluding everything else
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egoist
base: ego - I ist: noun forming suffix meaning: someone who views the world around themselves
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logos
base: logos - word, speech meaning: logical reasoning
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nous
used in philosophy "mind"
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pharmacy
base: pharmakon - drug meaning: place to buy and prepare drugs
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philosophy
base: philo - love base: soph - wisdom y: noun forming suffix meaning: love of wisdom
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Pre-Socratic Philosophers
interested in the natural world and how it functioned. - fundamental laws - origins of universe - mans role in universe rational, not interested in religion or mythology
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what were the subsections of the pre-socratic philosophers?
ionian, pythagoreans, monists, pluralists, and atomists
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psyche
greek word for mind
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psychology
base: psyche - soul, spirit mind cv: o base: log - study of nfs: y study of the mind
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Socrates
didn't record his writings, plato did. taught through Socratic dialogues, which were discussions between people of differing views. dialectic method = socratic method: asking questions and using the rules and modes of reasoning. aware of his own ignorance, and claimed that is what made him intelligent.
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suprasensible
realm beyond the world of experience. studied in metaphysics. aristotle
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thumos
spirit, passion
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what were the 3 terms plato used to describe the non-physical element of human beings?
-psyche -nous (mind, intellect) -thumos (spirit, passion)
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antimelanin
prefix: anti - against base: melan - black ,dark suffix: in - chemical substance meaning: somethings that decreases dark marks
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chemotherapy
base: chem - chemical base: therapy - treatment of or by meaning: chemical treatment
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gastrotomy
base: gastr - stomach cv: o base: tomy - surgical operaction on
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hematoma
base: haemat - blood suffix: oma - tumor
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hysterectomy
base: hyster - uterus meaning: surgical removal of uterus base: ectomy - surgical cut
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leukemia
base: leuk - white suffix: emia - condition of the blood meaning: abnormal increase of white blood cells in blood
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mastitis
base: mast - breast base: itis - inflammation meaning: inflammation of the breast
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melancholy
base: melan - black ,dark base: chole - bile meaning: black bile
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myograph
base: myos - muscle base: graph - to write meaning: instrument for recording muscular action
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neurologist
base: neur - nerve cv: o base: log - study of nfs: ist meaning: physician specializing in treatment of the nervous system
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neurosis
base: neur - nerve cv: o sis: nfs meaning: emotional or mental disorder accompanied by obsessive behavior
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phlebectomy
base: phleb - vein suffix: ectomy - surgical removal
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phlebitis
base: phleb - vein suffix: itis - inflammation of
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septicemia
base: septic - decay suffix: emia - condition of the blood meaning: bloodstream infection
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apodeictic
prefix: apo - off, from, away from base: deigma - sample, pattern, plan meaning: necessarily true, beyond contradiction
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cosmos
greek kosmos means universe, order, world
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dialectics
dialectica - to discuss
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epistemology
base: episteme - knowledge cv: o base: log - study of nfs: y study of knowledge
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ethical
base: ethikos - moral, ethical ethos - way, custom, moral nature -al: afs meaning: relating to moral principles
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manner
base: manus - hand mores, mos, moris
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material
base: materia - timber, building material
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metaphysics
base: meta - after base: physis - nature meaning: fundamental nature of reality
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moral
base: mores - manner, moral
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platonic
plato - relating to plato ic - adjective forming suffix no sexual desire, pure spiritual affection
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sophistry
word that can mean "trickery" coming from the ancient Sophist philosophers who were skeptical about the possibility of absolute knowledge or truth. their rationality and relativism made people regard them as immoral, and they took money for their teachings.
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suprasensible
realm beyond the world of experience
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antitoxin
base: anti -against base: tox - poison nfs: in
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appendicitis
base: appendic - appendix suffix: itis - swelling of
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arthritis
base: arthr - joint suffix: itis - swelling of
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cardiology
base: cardio - heart base: log - study of nfs: y
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cephalitis
base: cephal - head, skull, brain suffix: itis - swelling of meaning: swelling of the brain
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dehydrate
prefix: de - down base: hydr - water nfs: ate absence of water
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dendroid
base: dendro - tree shaped like or resembling a tree
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dendrologist
base: dendro - tree cv: o base: log - to study nfs: ist one who studies trees
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hydropathy
base: hydr - water base: path - one who suffers from a disease of using water for treatment or pain relief
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intoxicate
prefix: in - in base: tox - poison vfs: ate meaning: to poison
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lobotomy
base: lob - lobe (of the brain) cv: o base: tomy - surgical operation on meaning: operation on lobe of brain
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mastectomy
base: masto - breast base: ectomy - surgical operation on meaning: removal of breasts
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microcephalic
base: micro- small base: cepha - head nfs: ic having an abnormally small head
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nephrolith
base: nephro - kidney base: lith - stone
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osteoma
base: oste - bone base: oma - tumor
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psychopathy
base: psycho - mind, soul base: path - disease of nfs: y
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tonsillectomy
base: tonsill - tonsil base: ectomy - surgical removal of
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tracheotomy
base: trach - windpipe base: ectomy - surgical procedure on

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