Biology
- Scleroderma
Term: sclerodermaLiterally meaning: tough skinOrigin: Anc Greek???????/scleros(=hard, tough)?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/Historyin 1847 by Gintrac who based on the...
- Cardiomyopathy
Term: cardiomyopathy Literally meaning: " affection of heart muscle"Origin: Anc Greek?????? /kardia (=heart) which derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb >????????/kradeno (=rattle, rock) ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed...
- Xeroderma
Term: xerodermaOrigin: Anc Greek ????? /xeros(=dry)?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) > ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)literally meaning "dry skin?Definition Xeroderma is a...
- Dermatology
Term : dermatology Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) + -?????/logia(=study of)> ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)> ?????/logos(=speech, word, discourse)...
- -itis
Term: -itis Origin: Anc Greeik -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?. Definition: noun suffix denoting inflammation of as in terms :...
Biology
dermatomyositis
Term: dermatomyositis
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/derma (=skin beneath the epidermis with genitive case=????????/dermatos)
Ø ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)
+???-/myo-(=compining form for muscle) >???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)
+(-????)(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=feminine suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?.
Coined
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| Heinrich Unverricht (1853-1912) |
From 1887-1891, German Heinrich Unverricht (1853 -1912) described dermatomyositis in a series of papers and finally in in 1891 used the term for first time.
Definition:
Dermatomyositis is a systemic and inflammatory disease that is characterized mainly by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. Dermatomyositiw although is considered as the result of a viral infection or autoimmune disease is reffered as idiopathic disease.
- Scleroderma
Term: sclerodermaLiterally meaning: tough skinOrigin: Anc Greek???????/scleros(=hard, tough)?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/Historyin 1847 by Gintrac who based on the...
- Cardiomyopathy
Term: cardiomyopathy Literally meaning: " affection of heart muscle"Origin: Anc Greek?????? /kardia (=heart) which derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb >????????/kradeno (=rattle, rock) ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed...
- Xeroderma
Term: xerodermaOrigin: Anc Greek ????? /xeros(=dry)?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) > ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)literally meaning "dry skin?Definition Xeroderma is a...
- Dermatology
Term : dermatology Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) + -?????/logia(=study of)> ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)> ?????/logos(=speech, word, discourse)...
- -itis
Term: -itis Origin: Anc Greeik -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?. Definition: noun suffix denoting inflammation of as in terms :...