Biology
- Population: Ecology
This picture was taken at the Arnold Arboretum. Here is a large plot of land where many different shrubs and trees grow for display. All of these plants in one area are their own population. A population consists of organisms that can successfully reproduce...
- Meningitis
Term: meningitisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of meninges?Origin: Anc Greek??????/meninx(=meninx, one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord. +-????/-tis(=suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ nosos/=disease,...
- Panacea
Term: panaceaLiterally meaning : ?cure all? or ?all healing? Origin Anc Greek????????/panacea(=panacea)> ?[á?/pan(=all) + /á???/acos (= therapy) Coined/HistoryPanacea Helping the Sick. by the Veronese physician J. Gazola (1716) In...
- Pandemic
Term: pandemic Literally meaning: ?all people? Origin: Anc Greek???-/pan-(=all)?????/demos(=people, crowd, land) >???/Dio(=the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture and harvests). Coined/History(?) DefinitionPandemic is an outbreak of infectious disease...
- Epidemiology
Term: epidemiologyOrigin: Greek terms ???/epi(= upon, among) ?????/demos( = people, district) + ?????/logos( = study of, discourse)Coined : The Greek physician Hippocrates sometimes said to be the father of epidemiology as he was coined...
Biology
epidemic
Term: epidemic
Literally meaning: ?on people?
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/epi-(= ?upon?, ?on?, ?besides? ?in addition?)
?????/demos(=people, crowd, land) >???/Dio(=the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture and harvests).
Coined/History
by Hippocrates (460 BC ? ca. 370 BC)
Definition
Epidemic is an outbreak of infectious disease that is spreading through in a given human population, and during a given period of time.
- Population: Ecology
This picture was taken at the Arnold Arboretum. Here is a large plot of land where many different shrubs and trees grow for display. All of these plants in one area are their own population. A population consists of organisms that can successfully reproduce...
- Meningitis
Term: meningitisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of meninges?Origin: Anc Greek??????/meninx(=meninx, one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord. +-????/-tis(=suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ nosos/=disease,...
- Panacea
Term: panaceaLiterally meaning : ?cure all? or ?all healing? Origin Anc Greek????????/panacea(=panacea)> ?[á?/pan(=all) + /á???/acos (= therapy) Coined/HistoryPanacea Helping the Sick. by the Veronese physician J. Gazola (1716) In...
- Pandemic
Term: pandemic Literally meaning: ?all people? Origin: Anc Greek???-/pan-(=all)?????/demos(=people, crowd, land) >???/Dio(=the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture and harvests). Coined/History(?) DefinitionPandemic is an outbreak of infectious disease...
- Epidemiology
Term: epidemiologyOrigin: Greek terms ???/epi(= upon, among) ?????/demos( = people, district) + ?????/logos( = study of, discourse)Coined : The Greek physician Hippocrates sometimes said to be the father of epidemiology as he was coined...