Biology
- Homework- Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a disease which is genetically inherited. It causes too much mucus to build up in the lungs and pancreatic duct, causing problems with lungs and the digestive system. Both genes are needed to have the disease and so a person with one...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...
- Dropsy
Term: dropsyOrigin: Anc Greek?????/hydrops(=abnormal accumulation of fluid in a body cavity)Literally meaning: wateryCoined/History(?)Definition Dropsy is an old name for edema in humans describing the situation which was characterised by a swollen abdomen....
- Acalasia
Term: acalasiaOrigin: Anc Greek ??????? /halasis(=relaxation) > ?????/halao(=loose)failure to relax CoinedAchalasia was described in 1672 by Sir Thomas Willis but the tern was coined in 1929 by Hurt and Rake who realized that the disease was...
- Sarcoidosis Or Sarcoid
Term: sarcoidosis or sarcoid Origin: An Greek ?????/sarca(=flesh) + ?????/eidos --> oid(= like, form) + osis (=process) because one of the main symptom of the disease is the skin eruptions that it causes. Coined : Sarcoidosis was probably...
Biology
ascites
Term: ascites
Origin: Anc Greek from ???????/ascites(=hydrops) > ?????/askos(=sac)
Coined: Erasistratus(ca. 300-250 BC) was the first who recognized ascites and connected it with hepatic disease. Celsus (30BC-50AD) postulated the link between ascites and renal diseases and he coined the term.
Definition:
Ascites is the accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity as a symptom during the course of various disease like liver disease (eg cirrhosis) , cancers, or kidney failure.
- Homework- Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a disease which is genetically inherited. It causes too much mucus to build up in the lungs and pancreatic duct, causing problems with lungs and the digestive system. Both genes are needed to have the disease and so a person with one...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...
- Dropsy
Term: dropsyOrigin: Anc Greek?????/hydrops(=abnormal accumulation of fluid in a body cavity)Literally meaning: wateryCoined/History(?)Definition Dropsy is an old name for edema in humans describing the situation which was characterised by a swollen abdomen....
- Acalasia
Term: acalasiaOrigin: Anc Greek ??????? /halasis(=relaxation) > ?????/halao(=loose)failure to relax CoinedAchalasia was described in 1672 by Sir Thomas Willis but the tern was coined in 1929 by Hurt and Rake who realized that the disease was...
- Sarcoidosis Or Sarcoid
Term: sarcoidosis or sarcoid Origin: An Greek ?????/sarca(=flesh) + ?????/eidos --> oid(= like, form) + osis (=process) because one of the main symptom of the disease is the skin eruptions that it causes. Coined : Sarcoidosis was probably...