• TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Words used in medical terminology (Like many areas of science) were made using specific latin roots for a reason you numpty, and the reason why is so the definition is clear and set, and there won’t be some idiot insisting a word means something it doesn’t.

    Take hypoglycemia for example. Hypo: Low Glyc: Sugar -emia: In blood.

    Just try to divine what hypoglycemia could POSSIBLY mean given that information. It’s a bit more than a fucking hint.

    Dermatitis? Derma: Skin -itis: Inflammation. Sweet JESUS what ever could dermatitis mean?!?!?

    Next you’re going to tell me pericarditis, containing the roots Peri (Around) Card (Heart, Cardio) -itis (inflammation) means inflammation around the heart! Insanity!

    So what ever in WORLD could a medical condition named HYDROPHOBIA ever mean?