Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients
(medical extract)
~ GNOMO or
~ GNOMOS id+ | TO JUDGE base on TO KNOW |
~ GNOSIA id+ | INTELLIGENCE| sug> COGNOMEN
~ GNORISIS id+ | IGNORANCE |
~ GNOME id+ | little person or DWARF or PIGMY
presumed to KNOW SECRETS |
etym> this complex of meanings is inherent in
PROGNOSIS PATHOGNOMOMIC PHYSIOGNOMY and
its opp IGNOMOS found in IGNORANCE AGNOSTIC
IGNOMINIOUS AGNOMEN
med> hx> PHYSIOGNOMY was once a discipline
claiming that FACIAL SIGNS reflected
the HEALTH STATUS which in fact is to some degree
true as in the case of dysmorphic patients
such as those with facies of DOWN syndrome
med> hx> MUCH OF DYSMORPHOLOGY in CLINICAL GENETICS
SEEKS FACIAL SIGNS and rely on the
PHYSIOGNOMY to suggest the DIAGNOSIS
cont> sug> FACIES
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients
~ ASCITIS from gr roots ASCI ASCO for
BAG BLADDER VESICLE SAC
med> FLUID in the ABDOMINAL CAVITY
med> ONE OF THE PROMINENT COMPLICATIONS OBSERVED
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS
ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM
~ ASCO sp REPUGNANT REVULSIVE
ASQUEROSO denotes SICKENING DISGUSTING REPULSIVE
hx> ASCO points toward a WINE-SKIN BAG
eng BOTA BAG which points to
sp BOTELLA or
eng BOTTLE
hx> BOTA points to currently used SPANISH BOTA BAG
A SAC FORMERLY MADE FROM A URINARY BLADDER
MOSTLY AS A PORTABLE FLEXIBLE WINE CONTAINER
ASCO ASQUEROSO points TOWARD THE STENCH OF USED
BOTA BAGS RELATED TO ROTTING WINE and by extension to the
WINE STENCH of A "WINO" OFTEN A HOMELESS WINE ADDICTED ALCOHOLIC
see> ALCOHOL
sug> VINE
sug> ABDOMEN ABDUCT
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