Biology
- #43.2 Transport In Mammals - Syllabus 2016
8.1 The circulatory system 8.2 The heart As animals become larger, more complex and more active, transport systems become essential to supply nutrients to, and remove waste from, individual cells. Mammals...
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Term: hematuria Literally meaning: ?urine with blood? Origin: Anc Greek ????-/hema(-blood) (gen ???????/hematos) +?????/-uria > ?????uron(=urine) Coined/History Definition The presence of erythrocytes in urine ...
- Pancytopenia
Term: pancytopenia Literally meaning: ?shortage of all cells? Origin: Anc Greek???-/pan-(=all)+????-/cyto- (=-cyte combining form meaning ?cell? derived from anc Greek ??????/kytion/cytion=box, container) + ?????/penia(=poverty, lack, povert) Coined/History(?)...
- Hemangioma
Term: hemangiomaLiterally meaning: tumor of blood vesselsOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Liebow and Hubbell first described...
- Anemia And Suffix -emia
Term: anemia Literally meaning: "without blood" Origin: Anc Greek ???????/anaimia(= lack of blood) >?? /an (prefix that denotes absence) + ????/hema (blood) ---> -emia : suffix that denotes the term ????/hema (blood) Coined: the first...
Biology
ischemia
Term: ischemia
Literally meaning: ?? reduction in blood supply ?
Origin: Anc Greek
/é???/isho(=hold, stop, constrict)
+ ????/hema(=blood)
Coined/History
(?)
Definition
Ischemia is a restriction in blood supply to tissues caused by many factors such as atherosclerosis or embolism that block blood vessels. Ischemis leads to shortage of oxygen to a tissue or organ.
- #43.2 Transport In Mammals - Syllabus 2016
8.1 The circulatory system 8.2 The heart As animals become larger, more complex and more active, transport systems become essential to supply nutrients to, and remove waste from, individual cells. Mammals...
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Term: hematuria Literally meaning: ?urine with blood? Origin: Anc Greek ????-/hema(-blood) (gen ???????/hematos) +?????/-uria > ?????uron(=urine) Coined/History Definition The presence of erythrocytes in urine ...
- Pancytopenia
Term: pancytopenia Literally meaning: ?shortage of all cells? Origin: Anc Greek???-/pan-(=all)+????-/cyto- (=-cyte combining form meaning ?cell? derived from anc Greek ??????/kytion/cytion=box, container) + ?????/penia(=poverty, lack, povert) Coined/History(?)...
- Hemangioma
Term: hemangiomaLiterally meaning: tumor of blood vesselsOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)??????/angio(=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Liebow and Hubbell first described...
- Anemia And Suffix -emia
Term: anemia Literally meaning: "without blood" Origin: Anc Greek ???????/anaimia(= lack of blood) >?? /an (prefix that denotes absence) + ????/hema (blood) ---> -emia : suffix that denotes the term ????/hema (blood) Coined: the first...