5 How to talk about various practitioner?

1. psychologist: n an expert of psychology

1. psyche : `Greek root` spirit, soul or mind.
2. iatreis : medical healing.
3. pathos : suffering or disease.
4. soma : body
5. gensis : birth or origin
  • psychology : n
  • psychological : adj
  • psychic : adj refers to phenomena or qualities that cannot be expained in purely physical.
  • psychopathic : adj an adjective that describes someone suffering from a severe mental or emotional disorder.
  • psychopathical
  • psychopathy
  • psychosomatic : adj an adjective that delineates the powerful influence that the mind, especially the unconscious, has an bodily diseases.
  • psychoanalysis : n
  • psychogenic : adjHaving a psychological origin or cause rather than a physical one.
  • psychotherapy
  • psychotherapist
  • psychotheraptic

2. psychoanalyst: n

3. orthodontist: na dentist of working in straightening tooth.

1. orthos : straight or correct.
2. odontos : tooth.
3. paidos : child.
4. peri- : `prefix` around or surrounding.
5. endon : `Greek word` inner, within
  • pedodontist : n one expert who specializes in care of children's tooth.
  • pedodontia
  • pedodontic
  • periodontist : n who is a gum specilist.
  • periodontia
  • periodontic
  • endodontist: who specializes in work on the pulp of the tooth and in root-canal therapy.

4. optometrist :nthis practitioner measures your vision and prescribes the type of glasses.

1. opsis, optikos : view , vision
2. metron : measurement
3. therme : heart
4. baros : weight 
5. sphygmos : pulse
  • thermometer : n an instrument for measuring temperature.
  • barometer : n an instrument to measure atomosphereic pressure.
  • sphygmomanmeter : n an device for measuring blood pressure.
  • metric system : a decimal system of weights and measures.

5. optician : n this practitioner grinds lenses according to the specifications prescribed by optometrist or ophthalmologist.

6. osteopath : n person who practices osteopathy.

1. osteon : `Greek root` bone.
2. pathos : suffering or disease.
  • osteopathy
  • osteopathic

7. chiropractor : nperson whose job is treating diseases by manipulating people's joints.

1. cheir : hand
2. -mancy : `suffix` foretelling or prediction
  • chirography : handwriting
  • graphologist : 笔迹学家
  • chirographer : 书法家
  • chirographic
  • chiromancy
  • chiromancer
  • chiromantic

8. podiatrist : n this practitioner treats minor foot ailments.

1. pous,podos : `Greek word` foot.
2. iateria : medical healing.
3. okto : eight
4. platys :`Greek root` broads, flat
5. cheir : `Greek word` hand
6. -ium : `suffix` ofen signfies "place where"
  • podiatry
  • podiatric
  • octopus : the eight-armed sea creature.
  • platypus : flatfoot
  • podium : a speaker's platform.
  • tripod : a three-legged stand for a camera or other devices.
  • chiropodist : podiatrist.

9. graphologist: n the practitoner analyzes handwriting to determined character,personality,or aptitudes.

1. graphein : `Greek verb` to write.
2. kallos : `Greek verb` beauty.
3. kakaos : bad, harsh
4. photo : light
5. cadios : heart
6. phone : `Greek word` sound
7. tele- : `Greek root` distance
8. bios : `Greek word` life
  • chirographer
  • calligrapher : chirographer
  • calligraphic
  • calligraphy
  • cacography
  • cardiograph : heart writer
  • photograph
  • phonograph : sound writer
  • telegraph
  • biography : n life writing , a book that tells what has happened in someone's life.

10. gerontologist : n this practitioner deals with various problems of elderly.

1. geras : `Greek word` old age.
2. iateria : medical healing.
3. senex : `Latin root` old age.
4. -scent : ageing ,growing old.
  • gerontological
  • gerotology
  • senile : adj
  • senility
  • senescent
  • adolescent
  • convalescent : growing healthy
  • obsolescent : growing or becoming obselte(荒废的,老旧的)
  • senior : adj older,高级的,年长的
  • seniority
  • senate : originally a council of older.
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