Biology
Definition:
- 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...
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Yesterday everyone got to pick their own genetic disease. Tell me something that you found on that disease that you didn't know about....
- Syphilis
Term: syphilis Literally meaning: ?swine love? Origin: Anc Greek???/sys(=sow, swine) +?????/philia (=philia, combining form meaning ?affection?, ?friendship? or ?mutual love?) >>?????/phileo (verb meaning ?love?, ?kiss?, ?have tenderness...
- Homeopathy
Term: homeopathy, (homeo-) +(-pathy) Origin: Anc Greek ?????? (adj)/homeos(=same, similar)???????/patheia (suffering) in masculine gender is ?????/ pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion). a suffix used in modern formations to mean "one suffering...
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...
Biology
coeliac disease
Term : coeliac (disease)
Origin: Ancient Greek
coelia> kilia(=belly)
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 of the clinical picture of coeliac disease and he adopted the greek term coelic that Aretaeous used.
Definition:
(Most known) coeliac disease: An auto-immune disease characterised by impaired absorption and digestion of nutrients through the small intestine . Symptoms include frequent diarrhea and weight loss. People who have coeliac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, and barley.
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- 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...
- Preview Time
Yesterday everyone got to pick their own genetic disease. Tell me something that you found on that disease that you didn't know about....
- Syphilis
Term: syphilis Literally meaning: ?swine love? Origin: Anc Greek???/sys(=sow, swine) +?????/philia (=philia, combining form meaning ?affection?, ?friendship? or ?mutual love?) >>?????/phileo (verb meaning ?love?, ?kiss?, ?have tenderness...
- Homeopathy
Term: homeopathy, (homeo-) +(-pathy) Origin: Anc Greek ?????? (adj)/homeos(=same, similar)???????/patheia (suffering) in masculine gender is ?????/ pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion). a suffix used in modern formations to mean "one suffering...
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...