Biology
- Pseydohypertrophy
Term: pseydohypertrophyLiterally meaning: ?untrue overgrowth?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pseydos(=????-/hyper(=combining form denoting ?over?)+ ?????/trophe(=food, nourishment )> ?????/drepo(=gather)) Coined/HistoryIn 1868 by Duchenne de Boulogne (1806...
- Lipodystrophy
Term: lipodystrophyLiterally meaning: delay of the growth of adipose tissueOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)+???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) >...
- Leucodystrophy
Term: leucodystrophyLiterally meaning:. Delay of the growth of the white matterOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/leucos(=white)+???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown)+...
- Myotonia, Myotonic (adj)
Term: myotoniaOrigin: Anc Greek???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)?????/tonos (= the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles)> ?????/taneo(=strain)myotonia...
- Dys-
dys-Origin: Anc Greek???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown) dystrophy, dysfunction, dysarthria, dysgenesis, dyspnea, dysphagia, dysplasia, dystonia...
Biology
dystrophy
Term: dystrophy
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/dys-(=with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=to decline) ????/dysi(=sundown)
+?????/trophe(=food, nourishment)
Because in dystrophies the muscle seems to have defective nutrition.
Coined:
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| Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (1806 - 1875) |
in the 1860s by French physician Guillaume Duchenne when he noticed that the muscles in some young boys were weakening as he believed that dystrophy progressed as muscles continued to develop without the nutrients they needed.
Definition:
In general dystrophy means any degenerative disorder, especially muscular dystrophy, caused by inadequate nutrition. There are more than 20 specific genetic disorders considered to be Muscular Dystrophy due to a reduction in muscle strength .
- Pseydohypertrophy
Term: pseydohypertrophyLiterally meaning: ?untrue overgrowth?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pseydos(=????-/hyper(=combining form denoting ?over?)+ ?????/trophe(=food, nourishment )> ?????/drepo(=gather)) Coined/HistoryIn 1868 by Duchenne de Boulogne (1806...
- Lipodystrophy
Term: lipodystrophyLiterally meaning: delay of the growth of adipose tissueOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)+???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) >...
- Leucodystrophy
Term: leucodystrophyLiterally meaning:. Delay of the growth of the white matterOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/leucos(=white)+???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown)+...
- Myotonia, Myotonic (adj)
Term: myotoniaOrigin: Anc Greek???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)?????/tonos (= the normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles)> ?????/taneo(=strain)myotonia...
- Dys-
dys-Origin: Anc Greek???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune) > ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown) dystrophy, dysfunction, dysarthria, dysgenesis, dyspnea, dysphagia, dysplasia, dystonia...