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<\/a>\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc Darko Stojanovic<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Epidemic: \u03b5\u03c0\u03af + \u03b4\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u03bf<\/span> \u03b4\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/span> (ancient Greek) = \u03bf<\/span> \u03bb\u03b1\u03cc\u03c2<\/span> = the people<\/p>\n The word epidemic signifies something bad which falls upon the people, an outbreak, a plague.<\/p>\n We should note, however, that ancient Greeks, and mainly Hippocrates \u2013 the <\/i>person to go to when encountering a medical problem in antiquity \u2013 used the word to refer to common, prevalent, or seasonal diseases.<\/p>\n Pandemic: \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd + \u03b4\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd = \u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 = <\/span>all<\/p>\n Pandemic refers to something bad which falls upon all the people.<\/p>\n Although it\u2019s a Greek word, it wasn\u2019t used with its current meaning until the mid-17th<\/sup> century, when the English language adopted it to refer to diseases.<\/p>\n Crisis: from \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/span> = to judge, to decide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Nowadays, we use the word twofold. Firstly, in the medical field, to denote a decisive, a turning point of a disease for better or worse, and, secondly, more broadly, especially in the fields of finance and personal relations, to refer to a period of great difficulty. However, in modern Greek, it is also still used with its original meaning, that is, judgment, opinion based on logical processes.<\/p>\n Symptom: \u03c3\u03cd\u03bd + \u03c0\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u03c0\u03af\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9<\/span> (anc. Gr.) = \u03c0\u03ad\u03c6\u03c4\u03c9<\/span> (mod. Gr.) = to fall<\/p>\n The compound word means something that befalls, happens. It refers to the subjective evidence of a disease or the evident reaction, whether physical or mental, which show the presence of a disease.<\/p>\n Diagnosis: \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac + \u03b3\u03b9\u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u03b3\u03b9\u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9<\/span> (anc. Gr.) = \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/span> (mod. Gr.) = to know, recognize, distinguish<\/p>\n It is the act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms. In other contexts, it can mean the analysis of the nature of a condition, situation or problem.<\/p>\n Clinical: from \u03ba\u03bb\u03af\u03bd\u03b7 <\/span>= bed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n However, in modern Greek, we call it \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b2\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9<\/span> (= bed).<\/p>\n * Note: learning the ancient words may seem useless in the beginning but un-luckily it is not! Even though we may use a totally different word consistently in modern Greek, all compound words and some of the derivatives that relate to the same notion come from the ancient words! So, we should at least be aware that there are multiple roots expressing the same idea. (More on this topic is to follow soon).<\/p>\n Cardiac: from \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac <\/span>= heart<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n It\u2019s pretty straightforward, \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac<\/span> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>!<\/p>\n But, seriously, the word has been used since Homer\u2019s times but it could also denote core, and prowess or courage.<\/p>\n Pneumonia: from \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03cd\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd = <\/span>lung<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \u03c0\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9<\/span> = to breathe, to blow<\/p>\n That\u2019s easy to understand, but quite difficult to pronounce: pnevmonia.<\/p>\n Hypertension: \u03c5\u03c0\u03ad\u03c1 + \u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b7 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n It is the condition when the arteries are blocked or narrowed, so blood passes through with more difficulty, higher strain. We also refer to it as high blood pressure.<\/p>\n Diabetes :<\/span> \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac + \u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n = <\/span>to pass through<\/p>\n This condition was named as such because it is characterized by excessive discharge of urine or excessive quantity of sugar in the urine.<\/p>\n I hope that this was helpful in shedding light into some of the words that have become very popular these days but may sound really strange to non-native Greek speakers, mostly due to their ancient origin.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc fernando zhiminaicela<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! Nowadays, we are getting used to a new vocabulary, a mostly medical vocabulary, regarding the coronavirus crisis and our behavior in response to it. The medical vocabulary is full of Greek words or words of Greek origin or root, as medical students all over the world can testify. But for most people, many…<\/p>\n\n
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