Biology
- #109 Thermoregulation - The Control Of Body Temperature
One of the most important examples of homeostasis is the regulation of body temperature. It involves both coordination systems - nervous and endocrine. Not all animals can do this physiologically. Endotherms - Animals (e.g. birds and mammals)...
- Diplegia
Term: diplegiaOrigin: Anc Greek??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on both sides? CoinedSir William Osler, a British medical doctor, is believed to have coined the term diplegia...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...
- Hemiplegia
Term: hemiplegia Origin: Anc Greek ???-/hemi(=half) + ?????/plege(=a stroke, a wound , a calamity) --> half stroke > ??????/pleto(=to stroke) Definition: Total paralysis occuring in one side of the body affecting arm, trunk...
- Endocrinology
Term: endocrinologyOrigin: ????-/endo(=within) + ???????/ekrino(=secrete) + ????? /logos(=speech, study of)Coined: in 1904 by Maurice-Adolphe Limon as a consequence of some prodromic observations and experiments:* In the 1690s, Fredrik Ruysch (1638-1731)...
Biology
apoplexy
Term:apoplexy
Origin: Anc Greek
???/apo (=from)
>??????/plesso(=strike)
literally means ?by stroke?
Coined:
By Galen (129 ? 199/217;)
Definition:
Apoplexy is the medical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage leading ?? loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion; a stroke. Apoplexy is also generally used to refer bleeding in internal organs like pituitary apoplexy or adrenal apoplexy for pituitary glands and adrenal glands respectively.
- #109 Thermoregulation - The Control Of Body Temperature
One of the most important examples of homeostasis is the regulation of body temperature. It involves both coordination systems - nervous and endocrine. Not all animals can do this physiologically. Endotherms - Animals (e.g. birds and mammals)...
- Diplegia
Term: diplegiaOrigin: Anc Greek??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on both sides? CoinedSir William Osler, a British medical doctor, is believed to have coined the term diplegia...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...
- Hemiplegia
Term: hemiplegia Origin: Anc Greek ???-/hemi(=half) + ?????/plege(=a stroke, a wound , a calamity) --> half stroke > ??????/pleto(=to stroke) Definition: Total paralysis occuring in one side of the body affecting arm, trunk...
- Endocrinology
Term: endocrinologyOrigin: ????-/endo(=within) + ???????/ekrino(=secrete) + ????? /logos(=speech, study of)Coined: in 1904 by Maurice-Adolphe Limon as a consequence of some prodromic observations and experiments:* In the 1690s, Fredrik Ruysch (1638-1731)...