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-opathy would generally be suitable. It implied a pathological condition involving some form of tissue damage or dysfunction. Minor clarification, swelling does not necessarily always mean inflammation. -itis refers to inflammation of an organ or area of the both. Swelling, particularly when from fluid retention, is referred to as -edema. There is overlap though. :)
So homeopathy is basically full body dysfunction?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
-opathy would generally be suitable. It implied a pathological condition involving some form of tissue damage or dysfunction. Minor clarification, swelling does not necessarily always mean inflammation. -itis refers to inflammation of an organ or area of the both. Swelling, particularly when from fluid retention, is referred to as -edema. There is overlap though. :)
So homeopathy is basically full body dysfunction?
I had a total proctocolectomy in 2018, and now I have an ostomy :)
Similarly, -itis vs. -osis. -itis means the part of the body is swollen, while -osis means the part of the body is damaged. I found this out back in 2012, when I had a very nasty case of tendonitis in one of my feet, and I found out that the vast majority of cases of tendonitis should be called tendinosis instead, as it's pretty rare for the tendons themselves to swell; rather, the tendons themselves deteriorate from…
swelling can happen without inflammaion, and mild inflammation may occur without noticable swelling.
-osis is a generic suffix for a process or condition: metamorphosis, scoliosis, hypnosis.
I am hijacking this thread to express my general displeasure at popular use of the word claustrophobic . "The room is very claustrophobic"?? Really? How else does the wainscoting feel today?
1986
Was this first published in 1986? On the ... internet?
Pardon the ignorance 1986 Was this first published in 1986? On the ... internet?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
The same service the Linus | Tannenbaum Minux | Linux debate took place on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_deb...
Cecil’s answer isn’t quite right. “ectomy” is indeed “cut it out” but the first definition he gives for “ostomy” (“cut a hole in something”) is the proper definition for “otomy”. The second “ostomy” definition is correct: creating a stoma (mouth). It’s all Greek, for real.
cranio = κρανίο (skull) tomy = τομή (cut)
And -tomy is just a cut, not cut a hole. To cut a hole you'd have to remove a part. Most of the cuts are straight lines and then the skin just opens up like a hole because of stretching.
Then, -ostomy is -stomy. Nephrostomy. Nephro-stomy.
Nephro = Νεφρό (Kidney) Stomy = Στόμιο (something that has the shape of a mouth)
-ectomy is correct...
Resource: I'm Greek in a family of 4 doctors.