Biology
- Phrenology, Craniology
Term: phrenology, craniologyLiterally meaning: «study of mind»Origin: Anc Greek????/phren(genitive:??????/phrenos) =mind, perception, conscience, heart (as emotional center), diaphragm>?????/phrazo(=consider, recommend, think)>????/phemi(=show,...
- Andrology
Term: andrologyLiterally meaning: ?about man, study of man?Origin: Anc Greek??????/andros(=genitive case of noun ????/aner=man, male)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of) ...
- Pre-eclampsia
Term: pre-eclampsia Origin: Anc Greek ???/pro(forth) + ??/ec(=out) + ?????/lampo(=shine) ----->shine forth Coined: In 1619 Varandaeus in his treatise on gynecology, used first time the term of eclampsia based upon the flashing lights...
- 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...
- Pedo-, Paedo-, And Paediatrics Or Pediatrics
Term: pedo-, paedo-, and paediatrics or pediatrics Origin: Anc Greek ????/pes(=child, infant) + ?????/iator(=healer) Coined:paediatrics coined by Abraham Jacobi, M.D.(1830-1919), president of the New York Academy of Medicine who...
Biology
gynecology or gynaecology
Term: gynecology or gynaecology
Origin: Anc Greek ????/gyne (=woman, female)+ (-?????/ -logia)(=suffix meaning study of, discourse)
???? > genitive ????????/gynecos > ?????/gonos(=offspring) + ???/ico(=carry)
Coined: Most of the surviving gynaecological treatises come from the Hippocratic corpus and probably date to the late 5th and early 4th cents. bc.
but the father of modern gynecology is considered the ancient Greek physician Soranus of Ephesus ((1st/2nd century) with his treatise Gynecology (there is a 6th-cen Latin translation by one Muscio and in Byzantine times, the work was translated into Greek)
but the father of modern gynecology is considered the ancient Greek physician Soranus of Ephesus ((1st/2nd century) with his treatise Gynecology (there is a 6th-cen Latin translation by one Muscio and in Byzantine times, the work was translated into Greek)
Definition:
The branch of medicine that deals with the female reproductive system
- Phrenology, Craniology
Term: phrenology, craniologyLiterally meaning: «study of mind»Origin: Anc Greek????/phren(genitive:??????/phrenos) =mind, perception, conscience, heart (as emotional center), diaphragm>?????/phrazo(=consider, recommend, think)>????/phemi(=show,...
- Andrology
Term: andrologyLiterally meaning: ?about man, study of man?Origin: Anc Greek??????/andros(=genitive case of noun ????/aner=man, male)?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of) ...
- Pre-eclampsia
Term: pre-eclampsia Origin: Anc Greek ???/pro(forth) + ??/ec(=out) + ?????/lampo(=shine) ----->shine forth Coined: In 1619 Varandaeus in his treatise on gynecology, used first time the term of eclampsia based upon the flashing lights...
- 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...
- Pedo-, Paedo-, And Paediatrics Or Pediatrics
Term: pedo-, paedo-, and paediatrics or pediatrics Origin: Anc Greek ????/pes(=child, infant) + ?????/iator(=healer) Coined:paediatrics coined by Abraham Jacobi, M.D.(1830-1919), president of the New York Academy of Medicine who...