Biology
- Thanatomania
Term: thanatomania Literally meaning: ?a suicidal mania or craze for dye? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thanatos(=death) > ??????thnesko(=dye) > ?????/theino(=smite, kill)-?????/ -mania (=combining form denoting passion,...
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- Phimosis
Term: phimosis Literally meaning: ?muzzling? Origin: Med Greek?????/phimoo(=muzzle) > ?????/phimos(=gag)+ ((-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe first recorded use of the term, in reference to the prepuce, was the...
- -osis
Anc Greek -???/-osis(=-osis, suffix denoting process or state)...
- Morphine
Term: morphineOrigin An Greek???????/morphine > M??????/Morpheus (=the son of Sleep, and the god of dreams). Coined/History Morpheus shaped or formed the dreams which appeared to the sleeper. (Ov. Met. xi. 635.). Morpheus brings...
Biology
hypnosis
Term: hypnosis
Literally meaning: ?sleeping process?
Origin: Anc Greek
?õ????/hypnos(=sleep)
+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)
Coined/History
The best source of reference to hypnosis came from ancient Egypt (3rd cen). The Demotic Magical Papyrus which was discovered in the 19th cen in Thebes gives information about preparation of a lamp in order to be used in a ritual.
In the eighteen cen the Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815) claimed that he could heal people without conventional medicine via his magnetic force which could regulate the magnetic fluids in sick people. This method of healing was known as Mesmerism.
In 1841 Scottish surgeon James Braid, adopted the terms of ?hypnosis? and ?hypnotism. He believed that mesmerism ?is a nervous sleep?.
The modern study of hypnosis is begun in the 1930s with Clark Leonard (1884-1952) and hi work ? Hypnosis and Suggestibility? in 1933.
Definition
Hypnosis is a sleep-like trance state with a heightened focus and concentration under instructions of a therapist.
- Thanatomania
Term: thanatomania Literally meaning: ?a suicidal mania or craze for dye? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thanatos(=death) > ??????thnesko(=dye) > ?????/theino(=smite, kill)-?????/ -mania (=combining form denoting passion,...
- Neurosis
Term: neurosis Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder? Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting...
- Phimosis
Term: phimosis Literally meaning: ?muzzling? Origin: Med Greek?????/phimoo(=muzzle) > ?????/phimos(=gag)+ ((-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe first recorded use of the term, in reference to the prepuce, was the...
- -osis
Anc Greek -???/-osis(=-osis, suffix denoting process or state)...
- Morphine
Term: morphineOrigin An Greek???????/morphine > M??????/Morpheus (=the son of Sleep, and the god of dreams). Coined/History Morpheus shaped or formed the dreams which appeared to the sleeper. (Ov. Met. xi. 635.). Morpheus brings...