Biology
- Cranium
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- Phrenology, Craniology
Term: phrenology, craniologyLiterally meaning: «study of mind»Origin: Anc Greek????/phren(genitive:??????/phrenos) =mind, perception, conscience, heart (as emotional center), diaphragm>?????/phrazo(=consider, recommend, think)>????/phemi(=show,...
- Liposarcoma
Term: liposarcomaLiterally meaning: a state of fleshy fatty massOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)????/sarx(=flesh) >genitive form ??????/sarcos+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryLiposarcoma...
- Myelin
Term: myelinOrigin: Anc GreekØ ??????/myelos(=marrow) Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)Coined: in 1858 by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) after the observation by his fellow Robert Remak that nerve fibers have a white sheath...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...
Biology
craniosynostosis
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Term: craniosynostosis
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| Rudolph Virchow, (1888-1895) |
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/cranion(=skull) >???????/cranaos(=rocky, hard, rough)
+ ???/syn(=with, together)
+ ???????/???eo???(= relating to bone) > ??????/osteo?(=bone)
Coined
In 1830, by AW Otto (1888-1895) who recognized the first premature closure of sutures as a discrete clinical entity. In 1851, R Virchow (1821-1902) was the first person to classify the different types of skull deformity seen in persons with craniosynostosis and introduced the morphological descriptive terms still in use today. Virchow published a landmark paper in the history of craniosynostosis in which he described the fundamental aberrant growth patterns in this condition. Virchow initially described this disorder as craniostenosis, meaning a structured or narrowed skull. Later he convinced by HR Sear to instead call this entity craniosynostosis, which more accurately indicated suture involvement and encompassed all varieties of suture disease.
Sources
Otto AW: Lehrbuch der Pathologischen Anatomie des Menschen und der Thiere Berlin
Virchow R: Uber den Cretinismus, namentlich in Franken, und uber pathologische Schadelformen. Verh Phys Med Gesell Wurzburg
Sear HR: Some notes on craniosynostosis. Br J Radiol 10:445, 1937
Definition
Craniosynostosis is premature and abnormal fusion of one or more of the 6 cranial sutures (synostosis) leading to inhibition of normal head growth.
- Cranium
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- Phrenology, Craniology
Term: phrenology, craniologyLiterally meaning: «study of mind»Origin: Anc Greek????/phren(genitive:??????/phrenos) =mind, perception, conscience, heart (as emotional center), diaphragm>?????/phrazo(=consider, recommend, think)>????/phemi(=show,...
- Liposarcoma
Term: liposarcomaLiterally meaning: a state of fleshy fatty massOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)????/sarx(=flesh) >genitive form ??????/sarcos+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryLiposarcoma...
- Myelin
Term: myelinOrigin: Anc GreekØ ??????/myelos(=marrow) Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)Coined: in 1858 by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) after the observation by his fellow Robert Remak that nerve fibers have a white sheath...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...