Biology
- Spermatocele
Term: spermatoceleLiterally meaning: ?swelling in place of sperms?Origin: Anc Greek??????(=seed) > ??????/spearo (=disperse)+????/kele(=hernia) > ??????/keleos(=burn, rupture)Coined/History(?)Definition1. Spermatocele...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, 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...
- 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...
Biology
hydrocele
Term: hydrocele
Literally meaning: ?a sac of water?
Origin: Anc Greek
????/hydor(=water)
+????/kele(=hernia, swelling)
Coined/History
Ancient Indian Surgeon Sushruta (800 BCE) described hydrocele and also how it be punctured and trapped in his book ?Sushruta Samhita?. The term was coined in 5th cen by famous French surgeon and anatomist Ambroise Pare (c.1510-1590), centuries later in 1964 Peter H Lord described the technique of a bloodless operation for the radical cure of idiopathic hydrocele.
Definition
Hydrocele is the non-painful, typically non harmful serous-fluid accumulation in any body cavity, specifically of the scrotum (one or both sides).
Hydrocele is the non-painful, typically non harmful serous-fluid accumulation in any body cavity, specifically of the scrotum (one or both sides).
- Spermatocele
Term: spermatoceleLiterally meaning: ?swelling in place of sperms?Origin: Anc Greek??????(=seed) > ??????/spearo (=disperse)+????/kele(=hernia) > ??????/keleos(=burn, rupture)Coined/History(?)Definition1. Spermatocele...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, 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...
- 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...