Greek-leaning Pathology Terms - All terms found within show-notes
From Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution by Liam Connerly
March 18, 2026 · 26 min
About this episode
This episode explores Greek-leaning pathology terms and their meanings in medical language.
My links: My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/rhetoricrevolution Send me a voice message!: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liam-connerly TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrconnerly?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Email: rhetoricrevolution@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connerlyliam/ Podcast | Latin in Layman’s - A Rhetoric Revolution https://open.spotify.com/show/0EjiYFx1K4lwfykjf5jApM?si=b871da6367d74d92 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrConnerly Greek-leaning pathology words1. Pathology From Greek pathos = suffering, feeling, disease and logos = study, account So pathology literally means the study of suffering/disease . This is a great opener because it shows how medical language often begins not with the body, but with the idea of human suffering . From Greek kardia = heart You get: cardiac arrest tachycardia = fast heart bradycardia = slow heart Very teachable because once people know cardi- , they start seeing it everywhere. From Greek neuron = nerve, sinew Used in: neuropathy neurology neurosis A nice example of how one root moves from the physical body into psychology and culture. From Greek arthron = joint plus -itis = inflammation So…
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Host: Liam Connerly
Topics covered
- pathology terms
- Greek language
- medical terminology
- human suffering
- psychology
- inflammation
Keywords
- pathology
- cardiac
- neurology
- arthritis
- gastrointestinal
- dermatitis
- medical suffixes
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