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...
- Pneumothorax
Term: pneumothoraxOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) + ?????/thorax(=thorax) Coined:Spontaneous pneumothorax has long been associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and was coined in 1803, by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, (1774-1838)...
- Sthethoscope
Term: stethoscopeOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/stethos(=brest)+ ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) CoinedThe stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French phycisian Rene Laennec at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. One day, when he...
- Brochitis
Term: brochitisOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/brochia(=windpipe, throat) > ????/vrin(=suck, swallow) + (-????)/-tis(=a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ) CoinedIn 1808 by English phycisian Charles Badham,...
- Cirrhosis
Term: cirrhosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/kirros(= yellowish) + ????/-osis(= suffic meaning a state of disease) because of tawny color of diseased liver. Coined : in 1819 by French physician René Laennec (1781 ?1826) Definition:Cirrhosis is a...
Biology
brochiectasis
Term: brochiectasis
Origin: Anc Greek
?????o?/brochos(=windpipe, throat) > ????/vrin(=suck, swallow)
+ ???????/ectasis(= extension) > ??/ec(=from) + ?????/taneo(=stretch)
Coined
First described in 1819 by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec the inventor of stethoscope (1781 ?1826).
Definition
Brochioectasis is a a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that involves a dilation of bronchioles that produces a large amount of secretions. Bronchiectasis is often caused by recurrent inflammation or infection of the airways or by certain genetic conditions such as cystic fibrosis.
- 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...
- Pneumothorax
Term: pneumothoraxOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) + ?????/thorax(=thorax) Coined:Spontaneous pneumothorax has long been associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and was coined in 1803, by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, (1774-1838)...
- Sthethoscope
Term: stethoscopeOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/stethos(=brest)+ ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) CoinedThe stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French phycisian Rene Laennec at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. One day, when he...
- Brochitis
Term: brochitisOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/brochia(=windpipe, throat) > ????/vrin(=suck, swallow) + (-????)/-tis(=a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ) CoinedIn 1808 by English phycisian Charles Badham,...
- Cirrhosis
Term: cirrhosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/kirros(= yellowish) + ????/-osis(= suffic meaning a state of disease) because of tawny color of diseased liver. Coined : in 1819 by French physician René Laennec (1781 ?1826) Definition:Cirrhosis is a...