Biology
eccrisis
Term: eccrisis
Literally meaning: "pour out"
Origin: Anc Greek
??-/ec-(=prefix meaning ?from?, ?out of?, ?upwards?
?????/ryssis(=noun of the verb ????/reo=flow)
Coined/History
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Definition
Eccrisis is a medical term for excretion of waste products.
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Apoliprotein
Term: apoliprotein Literally meaning: ?protein with alterrate lipids? Origin: Anc Greek ???/apo(= prefix meaning "from, away from, alterate, separate, remainder) ????/ -lipo- > ?????/lipos(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)...
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Syndrome
Term: syndromeLiterally meaning: ?running together?Origin: Anc Greek????????/syndrome(=concourse)???-/syn-(=prefix meaning ?along with?, ?together?)+??????/dromos(= road, street, course) > ???????/dedroma(=past perfect...
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Hemorrhoid (pl Hemorrhoids)
Term: hemorrhoid (pl hemorrhoids) Literally meaning: blood flowOrigin: Anc Greek????/haema(=blood)???/roe(=stream, flowing) >verb ???/reo(=flow)Coined/Historyby Hippocrates(460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) in order to describe the blood flow around the anusDefinition...
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Dialysis
Term: dialysisOrigin: Anc Greek???-/dia(=prefix meaning through, apart) > probably from the root ???/dis(=twice)+ ????/lysis(=noun derived from verb ???/leo =to break up, to solve, to loose)literally meaning ?dissolution?Coined Thomas Graham (1805-1869)...
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Epiphysis
Term: epiphysisOrigin: Anc Greek???/epi(=prefix , with the accusative case meaning ?upon, towards?) + (-????)/-physi(=-physis, noun of verb ???=to grow, to germinate) literally meaning ?to grow towards? Definition: Epihysis is each of the growing...
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