Biology
- Diplotene
Term: diplotene Literally meaning: ?double bands? Origin: Anc Greek??????/diplos( =duplex) > ??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double)??????/taenia(=band, ribon)> ?????/tanyo(=strain) Coined/HistoryIn 1912 by The Belgian cytologist...
- Paracentesis
Term: paracentesis Literally meaning: ?to pierce at the side? Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=beside, near, past by, in contrary )????? /cento(=prick) Coined/History(?)DefinitionParacentesis is the procedure during which fluid from a body cavity,...
- Amniotes Or Amniota (sing Ular Amniote)
Term: amniotes, amniotaLiterally meaning: ?that having amnion?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used...
- Amnion
Term: amnionLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used to the...
- Population Explosion And Contraceptive Methods
POPULATION EXPLOSION & BIRTH CONTROL In 1900 the world population was around 2 billion (2000 million). By 2000, it rocketed to about 6 billion.In India, population was nearly 350 million at the time of independence. It crossed 1 billion in May 2000....
Biology
amniocentecis
Term: amniocentecis
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/amnion(=membrane around a fetus)
+ ?????/cento(=prick)
??????/amnion(=membrane around a fetus)
+ ?????/cento(=prick)
Ø amnio probably from /á??? < ????/amao(=gather)
Ø centein from ????/akis(=acumen) ?????/entos(=in)
Coined: transabdominal amniocentesis in the third trimester has been reported by Prochownick, Von Schatz and Lambl in 1877 and Schatz in the 1890s. These early procedures were used to relieve patients that were suffering from severe polyhydramnios. The first use of amniotic fluid examination in the diagnosis of genetic disease was reported by Fuchs and Riis in 1956 in their seminal article in "Nature". They determined fetal sex from cells found in amniotic fluid, basing on the presence or absence of the Barr body.
In the mid 1960?s, Steele, Bregs, and Nadler described the performing of amniocentesis procedures in order to culture cells for a full chromosome analysis and also the measurement of alphafetoprotein (AFP).
Definition:
A prenatal test in which a small sample of amniotic fluid is drawn out of the pregmnant uterus through a needle in order to diagnose fetal defects in the early second trimester of pregnancy.
- Diplotene
Term: diplotene Literally meaning: ?double bands? Origin: Anc Greek??????/diplos( =duplex) > ??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double)??????/taenia(=band, ribon)> ?????/tanyo(=strain) Coined/HistoryIn 1912 by The Belgian cytologist...
- Paracentesis
Term: paracentesis Literally meaning: ?to pierce at the side? Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=beside, near, past by, in contrary )????? /cento(=prick) Coined/History(?)DefinitionParacentesis is the procedure during which fluid from a body cavity,...
- Amniotes Or Amniota (sing Ular Amniote)
Term: amniotes, amniotaLiterally meaning: ?that having amnion?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used...
- Amnion
Term: amnionLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gatherCoined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8th cen BC), used to the...
- Population Explosion And Contraceptive Methods
POPULATION EXPLOSION & BIRTH CONTROL In 1900 the world population was around 2 billion (2000 million). By 2000, it rocketed to about 6 billion.In India, population was nearly 350 million at the time of independence. It crossed 1 billion in May 2000....