CLASSICS 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trichinosis, Trichinella, Fairy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 2MT3
• Professor: Stephen Russell

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Week 3 the problem with medical dictionaries. Laparoscopic: laparo/scop/ic: adjective (p. t. , p. t. the examination of the abdominal wall (proper, dorla(cid:374)d"s: p. t. a laparas(cid:272)ope. P. t. an instrument for examining the abdominal wall. Primum non nocere: the first (most impostant) thing is not to cause harm. On page 36 of the textbook, iii. a. , the term acro/mast/itis is defined as: (cid:862)the i(cid:374)fla(cid:373)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of the e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)ities of the (cid:271)reast(cid:863) However, the better translation of this (theoretical) phrase is: (cid:862)the i(cid:374)fla(cid:373)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of the (cid:271)reast(cid:894)s(cid:895), involving the e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)ities. (cid:863) cervix. Chapter 2: latin forms: derma, dermis, epidermis, brachium, mamma, umbilicus, pes, note: all of these forms are nouns. Of course, one can turn them into adjectives thorax. Anthropomorphic p. t. a change involving humanity (change into people) Misanthropist one who hates humanity: som(at)o body. Psych/o/somat/ic p. t. the body of the mind (does this sound right?: p. t. the body involving the mind. Somato/patho/genet/icist one who specializes in the science of the production of the diseases of the body.