Biology
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Myelolipoma
Term: myelolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid inside?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=marrow, brain) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryThese...
- Angiomyolipoma
Term: angiomyolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryGrawitz coined the term angio-myo-lipoma...
- Polymyositis
Term: polymyositisLiterally meaning: "inflammation of several or many muscles at once"Origin: Anc Greek????-/poly-(=many, several)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the...
- Psammoma
Term: psammomaLiterally meaning: ?sand tumour?Origin: Anc Greek??????/psammos(= sand)+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryBy German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained...
Biology
leiomyoma
Term: leiomyoma (or fibroids, or myoma)
Literally meaning: ?growth of smooth muscles?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/leios(=smooth) > ????/aleo(=to grind)
+???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)
+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth
Coined/History
Leiomyoma was known as ?the uterine stone? by Hippocrates (460-375 B.C) or ?scleromas? by Galen (ca 130-200). The term fibroids was coined in 1860 by Karl von Rokitansky and in 1863 by M.M. Klob but in 1854 German physician Rudolf Virchow (1821-1905) demonstrated that these lesions were composed from smooth muscles and introduced the term myoma.
Source
Nilo Bozini, Edmund C Baracat, Division of Ginecology- Medical School of University of Sao Paolo. The history of Myomectomy at the Medical School of University of Sao Paolo. Clinics vol 62 no3 (2007).
Definition
Leioma is a benign smooth muscle tumour most often in uterus, esophagus and small bowel.
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Myelolipoma
Term: myelolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid inside?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=marrow, brain) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryThese...
- Angiomyolipoma
Term: angiomyolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryGrawitz coined the term angio-myo-lipoma...
- Polymyositis
Term: polymyositisLiterally meaning: "inflammation of several or many muscles at once"Origin: Anc Greek????-/poly-(=many, several)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the...
- Psammoma
Term: psammomaLiterally meaning: ?sand tumour?Origin: Anc Greek??????/psammos(= sand)+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryBy German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained...