Biology
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- -ia
-??/-ia=a formative ending used in Greek naming nouns (feminine) in order to declare "the condition of having" e.g ataxia, aplasia, diplegia, hypoxia...
- Narcolepsy
Term: narcolepsy Origin: Anc Greek?????/narce(=stupor or numbness)????/lepsy(=seize) Coined: In 1880 by French physician Dr. Jean-Baptiste-Edouard Gélineau (1828-1906). In 1907, British neurologist Dr. William Gowers (1845-1915) in his book, The Border-Land...
- Apoplexy
Term:apoplexy Origin: Anc Greek???/apo (=from) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?by stroke? Coined: By Galen (129 ? 199/217;) Definition:Apoplexy is the medical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage leading ?? loss of consciousness,...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...
Biology
diplegia
Term: diplegia
Origin: Anc Greek
??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double)
>??????/plesso(=strike)
literally means ?be stricken on both sides?
Coined
Sir William Osler, a British medical doctor, is believed to have coined the term diplegia but the Austrian neurologist Dr. Sigmund Freud, in 1893, published some of the earliest medical papers on cerebral palsy.
Definition:
Diplegia is the paralysis of the identical part (bilateral) on both sides of the body usually as the result of a disorder of the nervous system.
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- -ia
-??/-ia=a formative ending used in Greek naming nouns (feminine) in order to declare "the condition of having" e.g ataxia, aplasia, diplegia, hypoxia...
- Narcolepsy
Term: narcolepsy Origin: Anc Greek?????/narce(=stupor or numbness)????/lepsy(=seize) Coined: In 1880 by French physician Dr. Jean-Baptiste-Edouard Gélineau (1828-1906). In 1907, British neurologist Dr. William Gowers (1845-1915) in his book, The Border-Land...
- Apoplexy
Term:apoplexy Origin: Anc Greek???/apo (=from) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?by stroke? Coined: By Galen (129 ? 199/217;) Definition:Apoplexy is the medical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage leading ?? loss of consciousness,...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...