Biology
hypochondria
Term: hypochondria
Literally meaning: ?under the cartilage of the breastbone?
Origin: Anc Greek
???/hypo (prefix meaning "under", "beneath", "less")
+ ???????/chondros (=thick, coarse salt, soft bone, carilages in the region between the ribs and navel)
Coined/History
In ancient Greece there was the belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy .
Definition
Hypochondria or hypochondriasis is is a long-term condition in which a person without cause has an excessive preoccupying fear of having a serious or life-threatening disease.
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Hyperhidrosis
Term: hyperhidrosis Literally meaning: ?excess sweating? Origin: Anc Greek ????-/hyper-(= prefix meaning something is excessive, above normal) +????/ hidor (=????) -????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?) Coined/History Maillard et al coined...
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Osteochondroma
Term: osteochondromaLiterally meaning: ?growth of bones and cartllage?Origin: Anc Greek'ï???[õ?/ostoun(=bone)+???????/chondros (=thick, coarse salt, soft bone, cartilages in the region between the ribs and navel)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix...
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Dyschondroplasia Or, Chondrodysplasia
Term: dyschodroplasia or, chondrodysplasiaLiterally meaning: ?abnormal cartilage formation?Origin: Anc Greek???-/dys-(=prefix used with a negative sense meaning difficult, bad, abnormal, misfortune)> ???/dyo(=decline) ????/dysi(=sundown)+???????/chondros...
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Hypochondroplasia
Term: hypochodroplasiaLiterally meaning: ?diminished cartilage formation?Origin: Anc Greek???-/hypo- (prefix meaning "under", "beneath", "less", ?diminished?)+???????/chondros (=thick, coarse salt, soft bone, carilages in the region between the...
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Achondroplasia
Term: achodroplasiaLiterally meaning: ?without cartilage formation?Origin: Anc Greek?-/a (privative, ?non?)+???????/chondros (=thick, coarse salt, soft bone, cartilages in the region between the ribs and navel)+??????/plasso(=to create, to form,...
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