Biology
Term: hemiplegia
Origin: Anc Greek ???-/hemi(=half) + ?????/plege(=a stroke, a wound , a calamity) --> half stroke
> ??????/pleto(=to stroke)
Definition: Total paralysis occuring in one side of the body affecting arm, trunk and leg usually as a result of a brain damage.
- Hyperthermia
Term: hyperthermia Literally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek????-/hyper-(= prefix meaning something is excessive, above normal) +??????/thermos(=warm)Coined/History(?)DefinitionHypothermia is abnormally high body temperature often caused by illnesses,...
- Hemizygosity
Term: hemizygosityLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)???????/zygotia(=zigosity meaning the state of genes for a trait in diploids) > ?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by British...
- Hemisphere
Term: hemisphereLiterally meaning: half of a sphereOrigin: Anc Greek???????????/h?misphairion(=half of a sphere)???-/hemi-(=prefix meaning ?half?)??????? /spheran(=ball, sphere)Coined /History(?)Definition (anatomy) Either of the lateral halves of the...
- Hemizygous
Term: hemizygousLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)Definition Hemizigosity is the state of having only...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...
Biology
hemiplegia
Term: hemiplegia
Origin: Anc Greek ???-/hemi(=half) + ?????/plege(=a stroke, a wound , a calamity) --> half stroke
> ??????/pleto(=to stroke)
Definition: Total paralysis occuring in one side of the body affecting arm, trunk and leg usually as a result of a brain damage.
- Hyperthermia
Term: hyperthermia Literally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek????-/hyper-(= prefix meaning something is excessive, above normal) +??????/thermos(=warm)Coined/History(?)DefinitionHypothermia is abnormally high body temperature often caused by illnesses,...
- Hemizygosity
Term: hemizygosityLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)???????/zygotia(=zigosity meaning the state of genes for a trait in diploids) > ?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by British...
- Hemisphere
Term: hemisphereLiterally meaning: half of a sphereOrigin: Anc Greek???????????/h?misphairion(=half of a sphere)???-/hemi-(=prefix meaning ?half?)??????? /spheran(=ball, sphere)Coined /History(?)Definition (anatomy) Either of the lateral halves of the...
- Hemizygous
Term: hemizygousLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)Definition Hemizigosity is the state of having only...
- Paraplegia
Term:paraplegia Origin: Anc Greek????/para (=becide) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on one side? Coined: The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not...