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GYNAECOLOGIST • GYNAECOLOGIST ~ Women Diseases Specialist

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OBSTETRICIAN • OBSTETRICIAN ~ Child birth and mother care – MID-WIFE – OBSTETRICS ~ TOCOLOGY

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PAEDIATRICIAN • Root: Paidos ~ Child • PAEDIATRICIAN ~ Child Specialist – PEDIATRIST; PEDIATRICIAN

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PEDAGOGY • PEDAGOGY ~ Methods of teaching – DIDACTICS, EDIFYING, INSTRUCTIVE

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PEDANT • PEDANT: Dogmatic; More attention to formal rules – PEDAGOGUE

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PEDESTRIAN • Root: Pedis ~ Foot • PEDESTRIAN: Travel by foot – B) Lacking imagination; PROSAIC

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PEDESTAL • PEDESTAL: Support/Base/Foundation

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DEMAGOGUE • Roots: Demos ~ People; Agogos ~ Leader; -cracy ~ Rule • DEMOCRACY: People’s Rule • DEMAGOGUE: Leader who misleads people – RABBLE-ROUSER

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DERMATOLOGIST • Roots: Derma ~ Skin; Hypos ~ Under • DERMATOLOGIST ~ Skin Specialist

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TAXIDERMY • Roots: Hypo ~ Under; Epi ~ Outer • EPIDERMIC ~ Outer layer of Skin • HYPODERMIC ~ Inner layer; Needle • TAXIDERMY – Stuffing of animal skins

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PACHYDERM • PACHYDERM ~ Thick-skinned Animals – Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus

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OPHTHALMOLOGIST • Root: Opsis, Optikos, Oculus ~ Eye, Vision • OPHTHALMOLOGIST ~ Eye Doctor – OCULIST

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OPTOMETRIST • OPTOMETRIST: Measures vision & prescribe glasses

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OPTICIAN • OPTICIAN ~ Makes & dispenses glasses/lens

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MONOCLE & BINOCULARS • MONOCLE: Lens for one eye – Eyeglass

• BINOCULARS: For both eyes – Field glasses; Opera glasses

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INOCULATE • INOCULATE ~ Vaccinate – IMMUNIZE

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ORTHOPAEDIST • Root: Orthos ~ Straight • ORTHOPAEDIST: Bone doctor – ORTHOPEDIST

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ORTHODONTIST • • • •

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Root: Odontos ~ Tooth ORTHODONTIST: Dentist PERIODONTIST ~ Gum specialist ENDODONTIST ~ Pulp of tooth

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CARDIOLOGIST • Roots: Cardio ~ Heart; Graphein ~ Writing • CARDIOLOGIST ~ Heart Specialist – CARDIOGRAPH/CARDIOGRAM

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NEUROLOGIST • • • • •

Root: Neuron ~ Nerves NEUROLOGIST ~ Specialist of nervous system; Brain doctor NEURALGIA: Pain of nerves NEURITIS: Inflammation of nerves NEUROSIS: Disease of nerves

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-algia (pain) -itis (inflammation) -isis (disease)

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PSYCHIATRY • Root: Psyche ~ Soul/Spirit/Mind • PSYCHOSIS ~ Mental illness • PSYCHIATRY ~ Treatment of mental illness

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GERIATRICS • Root: Geras ~ Old age • GERIATRICS ~ Medical specialty for old people’s diseases

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THANK YOU

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