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Schisis Schism Schismatic Schist Schisto Schistocelia Schistocephaly Shistocormia Schistocyte Schistocystis Schistognatous Schistomelia Schistoprosopia Schistosis Schistosoma Schistosomia Schizamnion Schizo Schizogony Schizoid Schizophrenia Scissor
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ SCHISIS          or SCHISTO or SCHIZO
                   start see> SECT
                   id+ | DIVIDE |
                   id+ | CLEFT  CLEAVAGE  CLOVEN |
~ SCHISM           id+ | DIVISION |
~ SCHISMATIC       id+ | DETACHED |
~ SCHIST~          or SCHIZ~
                   prefix for SPLIT  CLEFT
~ SCHISTO          id+ | gr for SPLIT or CLEFT |
~ SCHISTOCELIA     biol> SPLIT CELOM or COELOM or
                        EMBRYONAL FETAL CAVITY or CELL
~ SCHISTOCEPHALY   biol> CLEFT or SPLIT CEPHALON or HEAD
~ SCHISTOCORMIA    biol> CELFT KORMOS or TRUNK thus
                         THORAX or CHEST
~ SCHISTOCYTE      biol> CLEAVED or SPLIT CELL
~ SCHISTOCYSTIS    biol> CLEFT CYSTIS or BLADDER
~ SCHISTOGNATOUS   biol> SPLIT NOSED
~ SCHISTOMELIA     biol> SPLIT MELOS or LIMB
~ SCHISTOPROSOPIA  biol> SPLIR PROSOPOS or FACE
~ SCHISTOSIS       med> or PNEUMOCONIOSIS from
                        SHIST for SLATE
~ SCHISTOSOMA      biol> FLUKE or NEMATODE PARASITES
                         refers to SOMA or BODY SHAPE
~ SCHISTOSOMIA     biol> SPLIT BODY CAVITY or ABDOMEN and
                         MISSING or MALFORMED LOWER LIMBS
~ SCHIZAMNION      biol> AMNIOTIC CAVITY from
~ SCHIZO~          id+ | prefix for DIVIDE or SPLIT |
~ SCHIZOGONY       biol> type of ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
~ SCHIZOID         med> PERSONALITY DISORDER DUE TO
                        AN EXCESS OF INTROVERSION
                   SHYNESS  SENSITIVITY  WITHDRAWAL
~ SCHIZOPHRENIA    id+ | DIVIDED MIND or PSYCHE |
~ SCISSOR          id+ | INCISIVE INSTRUMENT used for
                         SPLITTING or CLEAVING |
  gr   SKHISIS    = CLEAVAGE  CUT  INCISION
       SKHISTOS     CLEFT  SPLIT  DIVIDED
  gr   SCHIZEIN     TO DIVIDE  SPLIT CLEAVE
  lat  SCISSUS      TO CUT   as in  RESCIND
  gr   SKIZEIN      TO SPLIT       ABSCISSA
       SKYPHOS      HOLLOWED WOOD or CUP
       SKAPHOS      DUG OUT as in SHIP
  med> SCAPULA      SHOVEL like SHOULDER BLADE
  lat  SCIRE        TO KNOW   INCISIVE
       ZIZANIA      or
  sp   CIZALLA      SHEARS or LARGE SCISSORS
       CIZAN~A      THORNY WEED or in
  lat  SCUTUM       ANCIENT SHIELD were made from
                    CUTS of WOOD JOINED BY LEATHER
                    leading to
  eng  ESQUIRE      and
  med> ESCUCHEON    SHAPE OF THE CHEST or THORAX
  eng  RESCIND      CANCEL
       SCISSOR      INSTRUMENT TO SPLIT
  sc>  INCIDENCE    INCIDENTS
       INCISE       SLICE  CUT
  eng  FRATICIDE    CUTTING or KILLING A SIBLING
          DECIDE    ESTABLISH
        INDECISION  DOUBT
  hx> in religion SCHISMATIC may denote a
      DIFFERENT FORM OF A BELIEF and
  HERETIC may imply NON BELIEVER or INFIDEL
  hx> med> SCHIZOPHRENIA was formerly known as
      DEMENTIA PRECOX or PRAECOX
  now it is refered to as SCHIZOPHRENIA
  a term coined by BLEULER [#] to emphasize
  "SPLIT INNER REALITY from EXTERNAL REALITY" or
  put another way
  INCAPACITY TO INTEGRATE THE
  EXTERNAL WORLD WITH THE PSYCHE
  THE DISORDER HAS VARIABLE AGES OF ONSET
  IS CHRONIC AND CYCLIC AND
  DOES NOT INEVITABLY PROGRESS TO DEMENTIA
  SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A HETEROGENOUS GROUP OF
  CHRONIC MENTAL DISORDERS or PSYCHOSIS WITH
  A BLUNTED AFFECTIVE SPHERE
  DELUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS
  LOSS OF SENSE OF REALITY and
  LOSS OF " EGO " BOUNDARIES or
  SENSE OF SELF AND
  LOSS OF RELATIOSHIPS WITH EXTERNAL REALTIES
  hx> med> LACK OF SCIENTIFIC MARKERS
           PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS AS OF
  MENTAL DISORDERS PROMPTED ATTEMPTS TO
  DEVELOP SOME UNIFORMITY OF DIAGNOSTIC AND
  MANAGEMENT CRITERIA FOSTERS BY "CONCENSUS"
  note IF TRUTH EMERGED FROM MAJORITY VOTES
       BY SECULAR EXPERTS SCIENTIFIC DILEMMAS
  WOULD BE EASY TO RESOLVE
  note IN THE CASE OF MENTAL DISORDERS
       A "CONCENSUS" DSM "MANUAL" OFFERS
  ARBITRARY DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
  note THE DSM EXCLUDES THE CATEGORY OF
  ACCUTE SCHIZOPHRENIA even though IT EXITS
  med> GASTROSCHISIS or SPLIT ABDOMINAL WALL
       CAUSING PROTRUSION or HERNIATION OF
  ABDOMINAL VISCERA
  see> OMPHALOCELE
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