How to talk about practitioners
Terms
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- Psychologist
- expert in human behavior. License enables them to do group or private therapy.
- psychoanalyst
- specialist trained in Freudian methods-delves into your unconscious mind to help resolve personal issues
- orthodontist
- dentist who straightens teeth
- optometrist
- measures vision, prescribes glasses
- optician
- this is the specialist who grinds lenses according to the prescription ordered by the optometrist or ophthalmologist
- osteopath
- bone suffering disease
- chiropractor
- this specialist takes care of the spinal column and structural functioanlity of the nervous system using manipulation techniques
- podiatrist
- this doctor will help care for your feet
- graphologist
- specialist who analyzes handwriting
- gerontologist
- this social scientist deals with non-medical issuea for the elderly
- psyche
- mental life
- iatreia
- medical healing
- pathos
- disease, suffering
- soma
- body
- psychogenic
- born of the mind or psyche
- psychoanalyitc
- work out issues by talking and reliving experiences
- logos
- science or study
- psychis
- phenomena that cannot be explained physically
- psychopathis
- adjective to describe
- psychosomatic
- mind makes body ill no organic cause
- genesis
- birth or orgin
- psychotherapy
- treatment for mind or personality disturbances
- orthos
- straight
- odontos
- tooth
- pedodontist
- specializes in childrens teeth straightening
- peri
- surround
- paidos
- child
- peridonsist
- gum specialist
- endodontist
- specializes in rooth of teeth
- endon
- within
- ex-
- out
- sphygmos
- pulse
- osteon
- bone
- podium
- speakers platform
- -ium
- suffix for place where
- chiropractors
- heal with their hands
- metron
- measurement
- barameter
- measures atmospheric pressure
- sphygmomanometer
- blood pressure apparatus
- pous, podos
- foot
- okto
- eight
- octopus
- eight armed sea creature
- cheir
- hand
- mancy
- prediction
- tri-
- three
- platypus
- egg laying mammal
- platys
- broad, flat
- ietreia
- medical healing
- metric
- decimal system of weights and measurements
- baros
- weight
- therme
- heat
- opsis
- vision
- graphein
- to write
- graphology
- analysis of writing
- calligraphy
- panmanship as an art
- kallos
- beauty
- kakos
- bad, harsh
- photograph
- written by light
- phonograph
- sound writer
- telegraph
- distance writer
- biography
- life writing
- geriatrician
- care of elderly
- geron
- old man
- senile
- physical and mental signs of old age
- senior
- older
- calligrapher
- called upon to write announcements with a elegance
- cacogrophy
- bad writing
- cardiograph
- heart writer
- photos
- written by light
- phone
- sound
- tele-
- distance
- bios
- life
- geras
- old age
- senex
- old (latin)
- senescent
- aging, growing old
- senate
- a council of generally older and wiser citizens