Biology
- Angiolysis
Term: angiolysisLiterally meaning: ?obliteration of vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ ?????/lysis (=loosing) > ???/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riotCoined/History(?)Definition Angiolysis...
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- 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...
- Hemangioma
Term: hemangiomaLiterally meaning: tumor of blood vesselsOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Liebow and Hubbell first described...
- Angioblastoma Or Tufted Angioma
Term: angioblastoma or Tufted angiomaOrigin: Anc Greek Harvey Cushing (1869 - 1939)??????-/angeio-(=vessel, receptacle), combining forms that are used as prefix meaning a vessel > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ ???????/blastos(=germ) +???/-oma(=suffix meaning...
Biology
angioscotoma
Term: angioscotoma
Literally meaning: ?dark by vessels"
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/angio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)
+??????/scotos(=darkness) > ????/scia(shadow)
Coined/History
Von Helmholtz in 1924 discovered that the retinal blood vessels give rise to scotomas in the visual fields. In 1926 later Evans coined the word ?angioscotomas? in order to refer to the visual defects resulting from retinal blood vessels.
Source
1. Evans JN (1926) Angioscotometry. Am J Ophthalmol 9:489?506.
2. Evans JN (1938) An introduction to clinical scotometry. New Have
Definition
Angioscotoma is an ocular disease caused by the shadow of blood vessels in the retina of the eye.
- Angiolysis
Term: angiolysisLiterally meaning: ?obliteration of vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ ?????/lysis (=loosing) > ???/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riotCoined/History(?)Definition Angiolysis...
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- 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...
- Hemangioma
Term: hemangiomaLiterally meaning: tumor of blood vesselsOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Liebow and Hubbell first described...
- Angioblastoma Or Tufted Angioma
Term: angioblastoma or Tufted angiomaOrigin: Anc Greek Harvey Cushing (1869 - 1939)??????-/angeio-(=vessel, receptacle), combining forms that are used as prefix meaning a vessel > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ ???????/blastos(=germ) +???/-oma(=suffix meaning...