Mrs. O's Brit Lit Webpage
1. Bodies in the Greek (and English) World:
Today, you’re going to play doctor. First though, you need to decide what kind of doctor you want to be. What kind of doctors are the following? Take a look at the roots below and then decide. Put the correct Greek roots with the doctor who specializes in this part of the body.
Note the suffix -iatrist means “one who heals”
1. pediatrician
2. dermatologist
3. podiatrist
4. osteopath
5. gastroenterologist
6. cardiologist
7. orthodontist
8. oologist
9. thoracic surgeon
10. rhinoplasty technician
chir = hand
pod = foot
cephal = head
dactyl = finger, toe
gloss, glott, glot = tongue,
language
osteo = bone
derm, dermat = skin
plas, plasm, plast = mold,
shape, form, substance
bio = life
psych = mind, soul, spiri
soma = body
morph = form
arthr = joint
cardi = heart
cyto, cyte = cell
gastr = stomach
gnath = jaw
histo = tissue, web
myelo = marrow
myo = muscle
odon, odont = tooth
oto = ear
rhin = nose, nostril
sarc = flesh
stoma = mouth, opening
thorac, thorax = chest
oo = egg
tox, toxic = poison
2. “Playing doctor” Continued – See attached “body” for this activity.
Label the pictures with as many of the Greek roots in the appropriate places as you can. Feel free to draw arrows or necessary anatomical features if needed. See attached worksheet.
3. Numbers in the Greek (and English) World
According to the roots below, write the associated number next to the English word derived from the Greek. The first one is done for you.
Ex. decade: 10
1. pentathlon: _____
2. Deuteronomy: _____
3. kilometer: _____
4. heptameter: _____
5. hexagon: _____
6. diplomacy: _____
7. hectare: _____
8. dichotomy: _____
9. enneagram: _____
10. tetrarchy: _____
11. protagonist: _____
mono = one
bi = two
dis, di = two, twice
dicho = in two, divided
diplo = double, twofold
proto = first
deuteron = second
tri = three
tetra = four
penta = five
hexa = six
hepta = seven
octo = eight
ennea = nine
deka, deca, dec = ten
hecato, hecatom, hecaton, hect = hundred
kilo = thousand
myriad = ten thousand
[pic]
chir = hand
pod = foot
cephal = head
dactyl = finger, toe
gloss, glott, glot = tongue,
language
osteo = bone
derm, dermat = skin
plas, plasm, plast = mold,
shape, form, substance
bio = life
psych = mind, soul, spirit
soma = body
morph = form
arthr = joint
cardi = heart
cyto, cyte = cell
gastr = stomach
gnath = jaw
histo = tissue, web
myelo = marrow
myo = muscle
odon, odont = tooth
oto = ear
rhin = nose, nostril
sarc = flesh
stoma = mouth, opening
thorac, thorax = chest
oo = egg
tox, toxic = poison
4. How to Run a Country in the Greek (and English) World
We, of course, live in a democracy (well, Federal Republic, but that doesn’t sounds as nice). We call it that because it literally means “rule of the people.” What about these other forms of rule?
1. oligarchy: ____________________________
2. gynarchy: ____________________________
3. monarchy: ____________________________
4. aristocracy: ____________________________
5. heliocracy: ____________________________
6. idiocracy: ____________________________
7. kleptocracy: ____________________________
8. theocracy: ____________________________
9. plutocrat: ____________________________
10. autocracy: ____________________________
arch, archi = rule, government cracy, crat = rule, government
a, an = without, not
aristo = best
auto = self
dem = people
gyno, gynec = woman
helio = sun
idio = one’s own, individual
klept = thief
mono = lone, one
olig = few
theo = god
5. Friday Randomness!
Match the word to the definitions based on their Greek roots:
1. abiosis
2. euphagia
3. prodrome
4. pathophobia
5. agraphia
6. algesia
7. chromatotherapy
8. dactylomegaly
9. pantalgia
10. autohemotherapy
11. tomomania
12. encephalopathy
13. asynergia
14. ectopia
15. pathognomic
16. homophobia
17. neoplasm
18. adynamia
19. syndrome
20. dermatophysosis
a) weakness
b) pain over the whole body
c) pointing surely to a certain disease
d) absence of life
e) lack of cooperation
f) abnormal size of fingers
g) undue eagerness to perform surgical operations
h) displacement or malposition
i) morbid fear of disease
j) treatment of disease by means of colored light
k) new growth
l) aggregate symptoms of a disease
m) normal and proper eating
n) inability to write
o) disease or disorder of the brain
p) sensitivity to pain
q) premonitory symptom
r) treatment by reinjection of a patient’s own blood
s) any fungal injection of the skin
t) morbid dread of the sight of blood
a, an = without, not
eu = good, well
phag = eat
pro = before
drom = a running, course
path = feeling, disease
phobia = fear, dread
graph = writing
algia = pain
chrom, chromato = color
dactyl = finger
megalo = big
pan, panto = all
auto = self
hemo = blood
bios = life
tom = cut
mania = madness for
en = in
cephalo = head
homo = same
neo = new
plasm = mold, shape, substance
dyn, dynam = power, force
syn = with, together
derm(at) = skin
phys = nature, growth
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