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angioblastoma or Tufted angioma
Term: angioblastoma or Tufted angioma
Origin: Anc Greek
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Harvey Cushing (1869 - 1939) |
??????-/angeio-(=vessel, receptacle), combining forms that are used as prefix meaning a vessel > ?????/aggos(=tube)
+ ???????/blastos(=germ)
+???/-oma(=suffix meaning condition eg disease condition )
Coined:
In 1928 by American neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing and his colleague Percival Bailey (Tumors Arising from the Blood Vessels of the Brain: Angiomatous Malformations and Hemangioblastomas.Arch Ophthal. 1929;1(4):544-545).
Definition
Angioblastoma isa benign tumor of the blood vessels in the brain characterized histologically by tufts of capillary-sized vessels in the dermis.
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Angiolipoma
Term: angiolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/History(?)DefinitionAngiolipoma is a rare and...
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Angiomatosis
Term: angiomatosisLiterally meaning: ?process of vessel growth?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ (-???)/-oma (suffix denoting ?mass growth? or a ?complete set of?)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process?...
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Angioscotoma
Term: angioscotomaLiterally meaning: ?dark by vessels" Origin: Anc Greek??????/angio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+??????/scotos(=darkness) > ????/scia(shadow)Coined/HistoryVon Helmholtz in 1924 discovered that the retinal blood...
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Angiostasis
Term: angiostasisLiterally meaning: ?standing of vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/angio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+??????/histimi(=stand) >??????/stasis(=halt)Coined/History(?)DefinitionAngiostasis is the state of normal regulation...
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Angiocarditis
Term: angiocarditisOrigin: Anc Greek ??????-/angeio-(=vessel, receptacle) combining forms that are used as prefix meaning a vessel > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ ??????/cardia(=heart) which derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb ????????/kradeno...
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