Biology
- Phacoid
Term: phacoidLiterally meaning: ?lens shaped?Origin: Anc Greek?????/phacos(=lens, spot) >????/phaos(=light)Coined/HistoryDefinitionPhacoid (adj): lens shaped ...
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- 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...
- Coeliac Disease
Term : coeliac (disease) Origin: Ancient Greek coelia> kilia(=belly) Coined: by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (2th cen AD) as kiliakos. Later Samuel Jones Gee (1839 ? 3 1911) an English physician in 1888, published the first complete modern description...
- Comparison Between Active Absorption And Passive Absorption Of Water In Plants
Major differences between Active absorption and Passive absorption of water in plants Active absorption of water Passive absorption of water It occurs due to the activity of root and root hairs. It occurs mainly due to the activity of upper part...
Biology
cataract
Term: cataract
Origin: Anc Greek ???????????/cataractis(=waterfall) >
????/cata(=down)+ ????>???/roe(=running of water) à pour down
Coined: the term was coined in modern ophthalmology metaphorically because the whiteness is supposed to be reminiscent of the churned-up water of a cataract.
Definition:
Eye disease that involves the opacity of the natural lens of the eye or in its envelope causing impairment of vision
- Phacoid
Term: phacoidLiterally meaning: ?lens shaped?Origin: Anc Greek?????/phacos(=lens, spot) >????/phaos(=light)Coined/HistoryDefinitionPhacoid (adj): lens shaped ...
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- 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...
- Coeliac Disease
Term : coeliac (disease) Origin: Ancient Greek coelia> kilia(=belly) Coined: by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (2th cen AD) as kiliakos. Later Samuel Jones Gee (1839 ? 3 1911) an English physician in 1888, published the first complete modern description...
- Comparison Between Active Absorption And Passive Absorption Of Water In Plants
Major differences between Active absorption and Passive absorption of water in plants Active absorption of water Passive absorption of water It occurs due to the activity of root and root hairs. It occurs mainly due to the activity of upper part...