Ancient Medicine & Practices
Combining Forms
Defined
Greek
Funzies!
100

Greek God of Medicine

Asclepius

100

path-

disease

100

disease causing

pathogenic

100

therapy

treatment

100

-pathy

disease

200

"Father of Modern Medicine"

Hippocrates

200

myx-

mucus

200

an infection

sepsis

200

tenalgia

tendon pain

200
flow/secrete

rhe-

300

Offerings to the gods in return for a favor

Votives

300

phil-

love

300

a fever

pyrexia

300

osteogen

producing bone (tissue)

300

ly(s)-

destroy

400

Author of the first Medical Manual

Imhotep

400

pyret-

fever

400

a moving part

metakinesis

400

myxangitis

inflammation of the mucus gland

400

-genous

producing by

500

Where the oldest metal (bronze and copper) surgical tools in the world were discovered

Tomb of Qar, Egypt

500

-ectasia

dilation/enlargement

500
Calcification of the nasal cavities

rhinolithiasis

500

sarcolysis

destruction of soft tissue

500

bursting/rupture

-rrhexis

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