Understanding Pathology and Related Roots

The video tutorial explores the root 'path', derived from Greek 'pathos', meaning feeling or suffering. It explains how this root forms words related to emotions or suffering, such as sympathy, empathy, apathy, antipathy, pathos, and pathology. Each term is defined with its etymology and usage in context, highlighting the emotional or suffering aspect inherent in the root 'path'.

What is the origin of the root 'path'?

• French

• Latin

• German

• Greek

What does the root 'path' mean in the word 'sympathy'?

• Together

• Feeling

• Suffering

• Compassion

Which root word means 'together' in 'sympathy'?

• A

• Path

• Sim

• Emp

What ability does 'empathy' describe?

• To lack interest

• To share suffering

• To understand and share feelings

• To feel pity

In 'empathy', what does the root 'm' signify?

• Without

• In

• Opposite

• Out

What does 'apathy' indicate?

• Strong dislike

• Shared feelings

• Lack of interest

• State of pity

Which root word means 'opposite' in 'antipathy'?

• A

• Path

• Sim

• Anti

What emotion does 'pathos' evoke?

• Joy

• Anger

• Pity

• Fear

What is the study of diseases called?

• Empathy

• Pathology

• Pathos

• Sympathy

In 'pathology', what does the root 'ology' mean?

• Feeling

• Study of

• Suffering

• State