Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution

Etymologizing Medical Terms and Musculature/Bone Conditions

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Latissimus Dorsi

  • Latissumus comes from the Latin word, Lata, which means: “wide”
  • The “-issumus” makes it superlative which turns “wide” to “widest”
  • Dorsi is the GENITIVE SINGULAR form of Dorsum, which means: “Back”
  • So, if we do an “A” + “B”, we get…
  • “The widest of the back” (muscle)
  • According to Google: The latissimus dorsi is a large, flat muscle covering the width of the middle and lower back


    • Quadriceps Femoris

    • So if we do an “A” + “B” + “C”, we get = _________________
    • “Four heads of the femur/upper leg”
    • According to Google: The quadriceps femoris is a hip flexor and a knee extensor. It consists of four individual muscles; three vastus muscles and the rectus femoris. They form the main bulk of the thigh, and collectively are one of the most powerful muscles in the body.


      • Hypothermia

      • Hypo- (Greek) = “low, below”
      • Therm- (thermos) = temperature
      • -ia (shortened version of “–emia”) =“presence in the blood”
      • “a” + “b” + “c” = “low “+ “temperature” + “presence in the blood”


        • Hypercholestrolemia

        • Hyper- (Greek) = “high, above”
        • Cholesterol = Cholesterol is any of a class of certain organic molecules called lipids
        • -emia (shortened version of “–emia”) =“presence in the blood”
        • “a” + “b” + “c” = “high” + “cholesterol” + “presence in the blood”


          • Hyperlipidemia


          atherosclerosis

          • ATHERO+ SCLER+ OSIS
          • athero- = (c) = groats
          • scler- = (b) = hardening
          • -osis= (a) = diseased condition of
          • So “a” + “b” +”c” = “________________”


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