Biology
- Nephrology
Term: nephrologyOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=to fill, to overflow) ?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of)CoinedHippocrates (460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) was the first who used uroscopy...
- Paleontology
Term: paleontologyOrigin: Anc Greek???????/paleos(=old, ancient)??/on(=being)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=study of) Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777 ?1850)CoinedThe word "paleontology" was officially coined in...
- Oncology
Term: oncologyOrigin: Anc Greek ?????/ogos(=bulk, volume) +-?????/-logia(=study of)>?????/logos(=speech, study of) Coined: Galien (130-200) used the Greek term "oncos" to refer to a growth or a tumour that looked malignant using also the term carkinona...
- Biology
Term: biology Origin: Anc Greek ????/vios(=life) + -?????/logia(=suffix meaning study of) > ???/via(=rush), ?????/logos(=speech, discourse) Coined: Although the term has been traditionally attributed independently to Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine...
- Ophthalmology
Term: ophthalmology Origin: Anc Greek ????????/ophthalmos(=eye) + ?????/logos(=speech, discourse, study of) > ???????? > ???? (=sight) + ??????? (=room) Definition:Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the...
Biology
entomology
Term: entomology
Literally meaning: study of «??????»
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/ entomon / (=cut up or divided into segments, insects) >
??/en(=near, within, at in, on)
+?????/temno(=????) > ????/tome(=section, trunk, stalk)
+?????/logia(=suffix meaning study of)> ?????/logos(=speech)
Coined/History
The term is derived from word ???????=insects? because insects have clear division of their bodies into three segments: head, thorax, and abdomen.
Definition
The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects
- Nephrology
Term: nephrologyOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=to fill, to overflow) ?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of)CoinedHippocrates (460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) was the first who used uroscopy...
- Paleontology
Term: paleontologyOrigin: Anc Greek???????/paleos(=old, ancient)??/on(=being)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=study of) Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777 ?1850)CoinedThe word "paleontology" was officially coined in...
- Oncology
Term: oncologyOrigin: Anc Greek ?????/ogos(=bulk, volume) +-?????/-logia(=study of)>?????/logos(=speech, study of) Coined: Galien (130-200) used the Greek term "oncos" to refer to a growth or a tumour that looked malignant using also the term carkinona...
- Biology
Term: biology Origin: Anc Greek ????/vios(=life) + -?????/logia(=suffix meaning study of) > ???/via(=rush), ?????/logos(=speech, discourse) Coined: Although the term has been traditionally attributed independently to Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine...
- Ophthalmology
Term: ophthalmology Origin: Anc Greek ????????/ophthalmos(=eye) + ?????/logos(=speech, discourse, study of) > ???????? > ???? (=sight) + ??????? (=room) Definition:Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the...