Biology
- Mastectomy
Term: mastectomyOrigin: An Greek ??????/mastos(=breast) + ??/ek(=out of, from)+ ????/tomy (=excision) ??????>??????> ???? (=mass)>????? (=chew) Definition: Surgical removal of all or part of a breast usually for excision of cancerous...
- Cancer
Term: cancer Origin: Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used the Greek words carcinos" and "carcinoma"...
- Neuron (or Nerve Cell Or Neurone)
Term: neuron (or nerve cell or neurone) Origin: Ancient Greek ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals. Coined: by the German scientist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...
Biology
ganglion
Word: ganglion
Origin: Greek
encysted tumour ; knot
Coined: -
Definition:
tissue mass, most commonly a mass of nerve cells bodies in peripheral nervous system (PNS)
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- Mastectomy
Term: mastectomyOrigin: An Greek ??????/mastos(=breast) + ??/ek(=out of, from)+ ????/tomy (=excision) ??????>??????> ???? (=mass)>????? (=chew) Definition: Surgical removal of all or part of a breast usually for excision of cancerous...
- Cancer
Term: cancer Origin: Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used the Greek words carcinos" and "carcinoma"...
- Neuron (or Nerve Cell Or Neurone)
Term: neuron (or nerve cell or neurone) Origin: Ancient Greek ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals. Coined: by the German scientist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...