Biology
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- Creatine Kinase Or Creatine Phosphokinase (cpk)
Term: creatine kinase or creatine phosphokinase (CPK)Literally meaning: ?enzyme of transfering energy chemical groupto creatine?Origin: Anc Greek?????/creas (flesh, meat)+???/-ine(-ine) = chemical suffix????/kino(=move)+(-???)/(-asy)(=-ase) enzyme suffix...
- Isomerase
Term: isomeraseLiterally meaning: ?separating isomers?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)-???/-asy(=-ase) suffix added to the name of the substrate that the enzyme hydrolyzes eg proteinase for protein or lipase for lipids >???-/dia-(=prefix...
- Glucagon
Term: glucagonLiterally meaning: ?producing sweet ?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf...
- 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
diapedesis
Term: diapedesis
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/dia(=prefix meaning through, apart) > probably from the root ???/dis(=twice)
??????/pedema(=leap) > ?????/pedos(=The flat part of an oar)
literally meaning ? act of leaping through?
Coined
In 1889 by German-Jewish pathologist Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839 ?1884) was and later by Clarke (1935).
Definition:
Diapedesis is defined the migration of blood cells through intact capillary walls into soft tissues.
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- Creatine Kinase Or Creatine Phosphokinase (cpk)
Term: creatine kinase or creatine phosphokinase (CPK)Literally meaning: ?enzyme of transfering energy chemical groupto creatine?Origin: Anc Greek?????/creas (flesh, meat)+???/-ine(-ine) = chemical suffix????/kino(=move)+(-???)/(-asy)(=-ase) enzyme suffix...
- Isomerase
Term: isomeraseLiterally meaning: ?separating isomers?Origin: Anc Greek /é???/isos(=equal)+?????/meros(=part)-???/-asy(=-ase) suffix added to the name of the substrate that the enzyme hydrolyzes eg proteinase for protein or lipase for lipids >???-/dia-(=prefix...
- Glucagon
Term: glucagonLiterally meaning: ?producing sweet ?Origin: Greek??????/glycos(=sweet, delightful,) as glycose, an older term for glucose .+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)Glucose was discovered in 1747 by German chemist Andreas Marrgraf...
- 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...