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gangrene
Term: gangrene
Origin: Anc Greek
????????? (gagrena) < ???? (grao= gnaw) > latin gangraena" because it likes as a gnowing soreCoined: -
Definition:
serious medical condition that arises when a considerable mass of body tissue die, because of an interruption of blood flow to a certain area of the body. Gagrene is a result of an injury or infection, or because of some chronic health problem affecting blood circulation
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# 44 The Circulatory System - Blood Vessels
The mammalian circulatory system is a closed double circulation, consisting of a heart, blood vessels and blood. The heart produces high pressure --> blood moves through the vessels by mass flow. The mammalian...
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Phlebotomy
Term: phlebotomyLiterally meaning: ?incision in a vein?Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=fill, flood, flourish)+?????/temno(=cut) > ????/tome(=section, trunk, stalk)Coined/HistoryThe Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used blood extraction to rid the body of...
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Hematoma
Term: hematomaLiterally meaning: bloody conditionOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Definition A collection of blood in an organ, space, or tissue outside the blood vessels. Hematomas...
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Toxemia
Term: Toxemia (blood poisoning) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxicon(=(poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) + ?????/-hemia (=suffix denoting blood) Coined: ? (In 1930, Rowe coined the term "allergic toxemia" to describe a syndrome...
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Hyster-
Term: hyster - Origin: Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Ancient Greek ??????/hystera (=womb, uterus) . Coined: According Soranus (1st/2nd century) a Greek physician (gynecologist, obsetrician, and pediatrician) from Ephesus in...
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