Biology
- Optometry
Term: optometryLiterally meaning: ?measure of vision? Origin: Anc Greek/??/ops(=face, look, vision)??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryIt is suggested that the first spectacles were appeared in Italy during 13th cen. The first book about eye...
- Necrosis
Term: necrosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/necros(=dead) + -????/osis (=suffix meaning a state of disease) Definition:Death of cells or tissues as a result of injury or disease or loss of blood supply. Necrosis is distinguish from apoptosis which is...
- Myopia
Term: myopia Origin: Anc Greek ??????/miopia(=nearsightednes) ???/myo(=close, shut) + ??/ops (=sight, face) describing a condition in which an individual attempted to see clearly by partially closing the eyes Coined: probably by Galen (138-201...
- Asthma
Term : asthma Origin:...
- Biopsy
Term: biopsy Origin: Anc Greek ????/bios(=life) + ????/opsis(=face, sight, look) as with biopsy we can have a look at life through a small sample Coined By French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) who coined the term and the technique of biopsy....
Biology
autopsy
Term: autopsy.
Origin: Anc Greek ?????/autos (= self) + ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) à a seeing with one's own eyes (the same meaning for modern Greek word «???????»).
Coined: In the third century B.C., the word autopsia denoted those observations on the patient made by the physician himself .
Definition:
The surgical procedure which is performed on a corpse in order to determine the cause of death.
Comment
Sometimes the word ?necropsy? from Greek words ??????/necros(=dead) + and ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) is used instead of autopsy especially for examination of dead animals.
- Optometry
Term: optometryLiterally meaning: ?measure of vision? Origin: Anc Greek/??/ops(=face, look, vision)??????/metron (=meausure) Coined/HistoryIt is suggested that the first spectacles were appeared in Italy during 13th cen. The first book about eye...
- Necrosis
Term: necrosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/necros(=dead) + -????/osis (=suffix meaning a state of disease) Definition:Death of cells or tissues as a result of injury or disease or loss of blood supply. Necrosis is distinguish from apoptosis which is...
- Myopia
Term: myopia Origin: Anc Greek ??????/miopia(=nearsightednes) ???/myo(=close, shut) + ??/ops (=sight, face) describing a condition in which an individual attempted to see clearly by partially closing the eyes Coined: probably by Galen (138-201...
- Asthma
Term : asthma Origin:...
- Biopsy
Term: biopsy Origin: Anc Greek ????/bios(=life) + ????/opsis(=face, sight, look) as with biopsy we can have a look at life through a small sample Coined By French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) who coined the term and the technique of biopsy....