Biology
- Pachydermia (genus)
Term: pachydermia (genus)Literally meaning: ?thick skin?Origin: Anc Greek?????/pachys(=thick)+?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/History ?DefinitionPachydermia...
- Oligonychous (genus)
Term: oligonychous (Banks grass mite or Spruce spider mite) (genus)Literally meaning: ?someone with a few nails?Origin: Anc Greek??????/oligos(=little, small) /ï???/onix(=nail) > /ï?????/onychos (genitive)Coined/History named because it has...
- Xenopus
Term: XenopusLiterally meaning: ?strange foot ?Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=strange, foreigner)????/pus(=foot)Coined/HistorySpecies of Xenopus such as X. laevis and X. tropicaliswere widely used in cloning research and embryology laboratories because...
- Syphilis
Term: syphilis Literally meaning: ?swine love? Origin: Anc Greek???/sys(=sow, swine) +?????/philia (=philia, combining form meaning ?affection?, ?friendship? or ?mutual love?) >>?????/phileo (verb meaning ?love?, ?kiss?, ?have tenderness...
- Dermatomyositis
Term: dermatomyositisOrigin: 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...
Biology
Echinococcus
Term: Echinococcus (genus)
Literally meaning: ?spined granule ?
Origin: Anc Greek
'å?[é???/echinos(=spiny)
+??????/kokkos(=round seed, granule)
Coined/History
The name derived because the parasite forms granular and spined bodies into inner of hydatid cyst. The Italian Francesco Redi first described the worms in his book in 1864. It was not untill 1853 that Carl von Siebold demonstrated that Echinococcus cysts from sheep gave rise to adult tapeworms when fed to dogs.
Sources
Redi, F. 1684. Osservazioni intorno agli animali viventi che si trovano negli animali viventi. Pietro Martini, Florence , Italy.
von Siebold, C. T. 1853. Ueber die Verwandlung der Echinococcus-brut in Taenien. Z. Wissen. Zool. 4:409-425.
Definition
Echinococcus is a genus of Phylum Platyhelminthes that includes six species of tapewarms. Echinococcus causes hydatid disease (echinococcosis).
- Pachydermia (genus)
Term: pachydermia (genus)Literally meaning: ?thick skin?Origin: Anc Greek?????/pachys(=thick)+?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/History ?DefinitionPachydermia...
- Oligonychous (genus)
Term: oligonychous (Banks grass mite or Spruce spider mite) (genus)Literally meaning: ?someone with a few nails?Origin: Anc Greek??????/oligos(=little, small) /ï???/onix(=nail) > /ï?????/onychos (genitive)Coined/History named because it has...
- Xenopus
Term: XenopusLiterally meaning: ?strange foot ?Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=strange, foreigner)????/pus(=foot)Coined/HistorySpecies of Xenopus such as X. laevis and X. tropicaliswere widely used in cloning research and embryology laboratories because...
- Syphilis
Term: syphilis Literally meaning: ?swine love? Origin: Anc Greek???/sys(=sow, swine) +?????/philia (=philia, combining form meaning ?affection?, ?friendship? or ?mutual love?) >>?????/phileo (verb meaning ?love?, ?kiss?, ?have tenderness...
- Dermatomyositis
Term: dermatomyositisOrigin: 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...