Biology
- Chimera
Term: chimeraLiterally meaning: ?one year old female goat?Origin: Anc Greek???????/chimera=one year (winter) old female goat>??????/xhimon(=winter) >(adj) ??????????/chimerinos (=wintry)>+ ????/ega(=goat)Coined/History According to Homer...
- Endoscopy
Term: endoscopy Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio Cesare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530 ?1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing sunlight...
- Laparoscopy
Term: laparoscopyOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/laparos(=soft) + ?????/skopo(=look at)Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio Cesare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530 ?1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing sunlight...
- Amnesia
Term: amnesia Origin: Anc Greek ?/? (privative prefix) + ?????/mneme(=memory) -->forgetfulness ? Sauvages de la Croix (1706 ? 1767)? Coined: ? In 1763 amnesias had been already classified by French physician and botanist...
- 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...
Biology
hippocampus
Term: hippocampus
Literally meaning: ?seahorse?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/hippos(=horse)
?????/Campe(= female dragon, derived from noun ?????/campe= ?bend?, ?crook?, because of her shape)
In Greek mythology K????/Campe was a female monster, a dragon with a woman's head and torso and a scorpion-like tail. ????? was set by Cronus to guard the Cyclopes but she was killed by Zeus when he rescued the Cyclopes for help in the war with Titans.
Coined/History
In 1587 by Venetian anatomist Julius Caesar Aranzi (1529/1530 ?1589) because of its shape. The German anatomist Duvernoy (1729), the first to illustrate the structure, later he wavered between "seahorse" and "silkworm."
Definition
The hippocampus is a part of the of limpic system in the mammals brain playing important role in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and in regulating many of emotions, particularly those that are related to survival.
- Chimera
Term: chimeraLiterally meaning: ?one year old female goat?Origin: Anc Greek???????/chimera=one year (winter) old female goat>??????/xhimon(=winter) >(adj) ??????????/chimerinos (=wintry)>+ ????/ega(=goat)Coined/History According to Homer...
- Endoscopy
Term: endoscopy Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio Cesare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530 ?1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing sunlight...
- Laparoscopy
Term: laparoscopyOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/laparos(=soft) + ?????/skopo(=look at)Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio Cesare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530 ?1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing sunlight...
- Amnesia
Term: amnesia Origin: Anc Greek ?/? (privative prefix) + ?????/mneme(=memory) -->forgetfulness ? Sauvages de la Croix (1706 ? 1767)? Coined: ? In 1763 amnesias had been already classified by French physician and botanist...
- 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...