Origins – Aging And The Old
We know that a geriatrician specializes in the medical care of the elderly. The Greek word geras, old age, has…
We know that a geriatrician specializes in the medical care of the elderly. The Greek word geras, old age, has…
The tendencies established during the Renaissance continued throughout the 18th century – the period of the ‘Enlightenment’. The works of…
The optometrist, by etymology, measures vision – the term is built on opsis, optikos, view, vision, plus metron, measurement. Metron…
A neurosis is not a form of mental unbalance. A full-blown mental disorder is called a psychosis, a word built…
Misanthrope, misogynist, and misogamist are built on the Greek root misein, to hate. The misanthrope hates mankind (Greek anthropos, mankind);…
Ascetic is from the Greek word asketes, monk or hermit. A monk lives a lonely life – not for him…
Cardiologist combines Greek kardia, heart, and logos, science. The speciality is cardiology, the adjective cardiological. So a cardiac condition refers…
Egoist and egotist are built on the same Latin root – the pronoun ego, meaning I. I is the greatest…