Etymology
What is etymology? (looking for definition or something close)
The study of the origins and meanings of words
Who is a foundational figure in medicine who has a collection of medical texts attributed to them? What is the collection of texts called?
Hippocrates; Hippocratic Corpus
Name these acronyms: ML, NL, L, Gr,
Medieval Latin, New Latin, Latin, Greek
What is the word called when something (anything) is named after a particular person?
Eponym
What does not change the core meaning of Greek or Latin words, only the grammatical usages? Hint: their removal reveals the roots of words
Inflectional endings
Which is a good example of etymology?
■mithridatism[Mithridates, king of Pontus, 132-63 b.c., supposed to have acquired immunity in this fashion]
■pons pl. pontes [L. pons, bridge]
■eccentric [Gr. ek, out, + kentron, center]
Pons
Who is the ancient Greek God of healing and medicine. Hint: he is associated with a major symbol of medicine.
Asclepius
What is the fundamental part of a Greek or Latin word that expresses the basic meaning of the Greek or Latin word?
Root
What is a Latin or Greek word that has been adopted into English without any significant changes in its spelling?
Loan Word
What is it called when the final letter of a prefix is changed in response to the first letter of the roots they are attached to?
Assimilation
What word describes the examination of the meanings of words and how they change in context?
Semantics
What true medicine bro had medical theories that were central to medical education in medieval and Renaissance Europe?
Galen
What is a one-or-two syllable word element attached to the beginning of a term, which modifies the meaning of a word?
Prefix
What is a word that is obtained from another language whose spelling has been modified?
Derivative
What is it called when there is an omission of a letter from a word element in order to make the word easier to pronounce?
Elision
Over two thirds of modern medical terms come from ______. Greek or Latin?
Greek
Asclepius had two sons. What were their names and/or professions?
Machaon = surgery (made hella money)
Podalirius = diet and healing herbs (witch)
What is a one-or-two syllable word element appended to the end of a medical term in order to modify its meaning?
Suffix
What is the modification of a word by adding different endings to the word in order to change the grammatical function of the word?
Inflection
What is it called when an internal vowel change occurs to make new words?
Vowel Gradation (Ablout)
Examples: sing, sang, sung, song
What is it called when Greek letters were replaced with Latin equivalents?
Transliteration
Who was Asclepius' daddy?
Apollo (for whom my cat was named after)
What is a root that has a combining vowel?
Combining form
What is a term called when it is created by joining together word elements taken from different Greek and/or Latin words? Also list the three types of word elements for an extra point.
Compound Word
Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes
Where did the term alphabet originate from?
The first two Greek letters, alpha and beta.