Biology
- Angiogram
Term: angiogramLiterally meaning: ?the record or image of a vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+?????? /gramma(=letter) > ?????/grapho(=write)Coined/HistoryThis technique was first developed in the year...
- Paroxysm
Term: paroxysm Literally meaning: ?irritation" Origin: Anc Greek??????????/paroxysmos(=irritation)????-/para-(= prefix denoting intensification)+o????/oxino(=sharpen) > ????/oxis(=sharp, acute) Coined/History (?)DefinitionParoxysm is defined as 1....
- Dermatitis
Term: dermatitis Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin) + ????(modern Greek -?????) /itis(=suffix meaning inflammation of) Definition: Dermatitis is a general term concerned a number of different dermatological conditions. In many books the...
- Urine
Term: urine Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ouron(=urine)>latin urina < ???? <o+??? (=flow) Coined: early 14th cen DefinitionA mainly aqueous solution of salt (sodium chloride) and substances called urea and uric acid as a waste product ...
- Week Eleven: Forward
Global Crisis in Diet I think my top priority would be for everyone to adopt Michael Pollan's idea: eat food, mostly plants, not too much. When I read that, my whole body smiled. I am beyond frustrated with misinformation on nutrition that is fed...
Biology
crisis
Term: crisis and adjectival form critical
Origin: Anc Greek ??????/crisis (=judgment, separation) > verb ?????? /creno (=govern, rule, decide, separate)
Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) to denote the turning point for better (sudden recovering) or worse (deterioration) in an acute disease ? ? "In general, the diseases reached a crisis with difficulty, or there was no crisis and the illness remained chronic..." (Hippocratic Writings, p. 125).
Definition:
A crucial or turning point of a situation
- Angiogram
Term: angiogramLiterally meaning: ?the record or image of a vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+?????? /gramma(=letter) > ?????/grapho(=write)Coined/HistoryThis technique was first developed in the year...
- Paroxysm
Term: paroxysm Literally meaning: ?irritation" Origin: Anc Greek??????????/paroxysmos(=irritation)????-/para-(= prefix denoting intensification)+o????/oxino(=sharpen) > ????/oxis(=sharp, acute) Coined/History (?)DefinitionParoxysm is defined as 1....
- Dermatitis
Term: dermatitis Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin) + ????(modern Greek -?????) /itis(=suffix meaning inflammation of) Definition: Dermatitis is a general term concerned a number of different dermatological conditions. In many books the...
- Urine
Term: urine Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ouron(=urine)>latin urina < ???? <o+??? (=flow) Coined: early 14th cen DefinitionA mainly aqueous solution of salt (sodium chloride) and substances called urea and uric acid as a waste product ...
- Week Eleven: Forward
Global Crisis in Diet I think my top priority would be for everyone to adopt Michael Pollan's idea: eat food, mostly plants, not too much. When I read that, my whole body smiled. I am beyond frustrated with misinformation on nutrition that is fed...