Biology
- Genetics
Term: genetics Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to)> ???????/genesis(=origin) Coined: Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926)In an April,1905 letter to fellow scientist Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge in an effort...
- Thyroid
Term: thyroidOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/thireos(=shield) + ?????/idos(=form). The shield name "??????" derived from ????/thyra(=door) because of its oblong shape resembling to door. The aspis and the thureos were the shields...
- Carotid
Term: carotid Origin: Anc Greek ????????/karotida(=carotid artery) from verb ?????/karoo(=plunge into stupor) because it was thought that pressing hard on these arteries made mammals lose consciousness. Another word etymology is derived from the anc...
- Epilepsy
Term: epilepsy Origin: Greek ??? (epi, ?upon?) + ??????? (lamvan?, ?I take?). Coined: Epilepsy was known also as the disease of Hercules (morbus herculeus) because Hercules reportedly suffered from epilepsy when...
- Hybrid
Word: hybrid Origin: Ancient Greek from ?????/hyvris (=haughtiness, insolence) as every hybrid was considered as an insult against nature Coined: Definition an organism resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between...
Biology
geriatrics
Term: geriatrics
Origin:
In an article headlined ?Geriatrics? in the New York Medical Journal in 1909, Nascher wrote that the word geriatrics is from the Greek word ?geras, meaning old man, and iatrikos, relating to the physician....? In Greek mythology, Geras is an old, man who represents the spirit of old age and he was son of goddess Nyx (Night) and grandson of Chaos.
In an article headlined ?Geriatrics? in the New York Medical Journal in 1909, Nascher wrote that the word geriatrics is from the Greek word ?geras, meaning old man, and iatrikos, relating to the physician....? In Greek mythology, Geras is an old, man who represents the spirit of old age and he was son of goddess Nyx (Night) and grandson of Chaos.
Coined:
by Ignatz Leo Nascher, who published in 1914 a 500-page textbook, Geriatrics: The Diseases of Old Age and Their Treatment, which included physiological home and institutional care and medical-legal relations.
Definition:
branch of medicine which is specialized in the medical care of individuals in old age (Senility)
Runon derivatives :
gerontology
comments:
the term of geriatric was coined on the idea of pediatrics
- Genetics
Term: genetics Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to)> ???????/genesis(=origin) Coined: Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926)In an April,1905 letter to fellow scientist Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge in an effort...
- Thyroid
Term: thyroidOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/thireos(=shield) + ?????/idos(=form). The shield name "??????" derived from ????/thyra(=door) because of its oblong shape resembling to door. The aspis and the thureos were the shields...
- Carotid
Term: carotid Origin: Anc Greek ????????/karotida(=carotid artery) from verb ?????/karoo(=plunge into stupor) because it was thought that pressing hard on these arteries made mammals lose consciousness. Another word etymology is derived from the anc...
- Epilepsy
Term: epilepsy Origin: Greek ??? (epi, ?upon?) + ??????? (lamvan?, ?I take?). Coined: Epilepsy was known also as the disease of Hercules (morbus herculeus) because Hercules reportedly suffered from epilepsy when...
- Hybrid
Word: hybrid Origin: Ancient Greek from ?????/hyvris (=haughtiness, insolence) as every hybrid was considered as an insult against nature Coined: Definition an organism resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between...