Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution

XIII. Etymology - Medical Terminology and Medical Tangents (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)

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I want people to understand how formulaic language is! Here, I break down a list of words which I will provide below. 

Lactic Acidosis 

  • “osis” meaning illness (having been cause by lactic acid)
  • “metabolic” – meaning/referring to “cell division” 

    • Hyper Metabolic Lymph nodes

    • “hyper” – meaning “high”
    • “metabolic” – meaning “cell division”
    • Lymph Nodes – Denoting the structures in your body where white blood cells from your immune system, accumulate and drain.

      • Generalized Tonic Clonic (From the ancient Greek)

      • “Tonos” – “To stretch”
      • “Clonus” – “Violent and confused motion, muscular spasm”

        • Upper-Extremity Dysmetria

        • “Dys” – “wrong”
        • “Metria” – “length”

          • Ataxic Gate

          • “a” – “without”
          • “taxic” – “order”
          • “gait” – referring to an individual’s manner of walking

            • Bradycardia

            • “brady” – “slow”
            • “cardia” – referring to heart rate

              • Hypophosphatemia

              • “hypo” – “low”
              • “phosphate” – referring to the important anion that exists mainly instead of an individual’s cells
              • “emia” – meaning “presence in blood”

                • - Therefore, when put all together, Hypophosphatemia means “Low Phosphate Presence in Blood”

                Atrophy

                • “a” – “without”
                • “trophy” – “nourishment”

                  • Acute Hyponatremia

                  • “hypo” – “low”
                  • “natr” – pertaining to sodium (NA; Natrium)
                  • “emia” – “presence in blood”

                    • - So, “Low Sodium Presence in Blood”

                    Rhabdomyolysis

                    • “rhabdo” – “striated or skeletal” (Skeletal Muscle is striated in appearance)
                    • “myo” – “muscle” (myofibril)
                    • “lysis” – “breakdown”

                      • - Therefore, “Skeletal Muscle Breakdown” is what this term literally means

                      Hypokalemia

                      • “hypo” – “low”
                      • “kal” – “potassium” (K; Kalium)
                      • “emia”- “presence in blood”
                      • “Low Potassium Presence in Blood”
                        • ...more
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                        Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric RevolutionBy Liam Connerly
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