Biology
- Psoriasis
Term: psoriasisLiterally meaning: ?state of being itchy?Origin: Anc GreekDr Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra (1816-1880) ????/psora(=mange, scurvy, itch) > ???/psio(=rub)Coined/HistoryIn 1864 by Austrian dermatologist Dr Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra (1816-1880)...
- Scleroderma
Term: sclerodermaLiterally meaning: tough skinOrigin: Anc Greek???????/scleros(=hard, tough)?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/Historyin 1847 by Gintrac who based on the...
- Dermatomyositis
Term: dermatomyositisOrigin: Anc Greek?????/derma (=skin beneath the epidermis with genitive case=????????/dermatos)Ø ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay) +???-/myo-(=compining...
- 4/1/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was absent for illness, she probably has a bacteria making her sick (haha get it because we learned about some bacteria that cause illness). Even though she was gone we took notes over a PowerPoint and I did research on Leprosy. I then...
- Leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that causes harmful skin sores and nerve damage to the arms and legs. Leprosy has been around since way back then, and it was such a terrifying disease that the people who had it were often shunned and sent out of the country. It is...
Biology
leprosy
Term: leprosy
Origin:
Anc Greek
??????/lepros(=scaly) > feminine form ?????/lepra(=leprosy)
?????/lopos(=flake, peel)
Ø ????/lepo(=scale)
The English word ?leper?, in the 14th century it came to be used for a person suffering from leprosy.
Coined: Hippocrates (460-377 BC) classified scaly and dry eruptions as ichthyosis, leprosy and psoriasis together under the term ?lopoi= flakes <lepo=scale, peel). The same term (leprosy) was used to cover skin disorders also in the Old Testament.
Definition:
Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease who in 1878 identified the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae that causes the disease. The infection is characterized by ulcers and tubercular nodules and white scaly scabs leading to loss of sensation, paralysis and deformation.
- Psoriasis
Term: psoriasisLiterally meaning: ?state of being itchy?Origin: Anc GreekDr Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra (1816-1880) ????/psora(=mange, scurvy, itch) > ???/psio(=rub)Coined/HistoryIn 1864 by Austrian dermatologist Dr Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra (1816-1880)...
- Scleroderma
Term: sclerodermaLiterally meaning: tough skinOrigin: Anc Greek???????/scleros(=hard, tough)?????/derma(=skin) > ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay).Coined/Historyin 1847 by Gintrac who based on the...
- Dermatomyositis
Term: dermatomyositisOrigin: Anc Greek?????/derma (=skin beneath the epidermis with genitive case=????????/dermatos)Ø ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay) +???-/myo-(=compining...
- 4/1/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was absent for illness, she probably has a bacteria making her sick (haha get it because we learned about some bacteria that cause illness). Even though she was gone we took notes over a PowerPoint and I did research on Leprosy. I then...
- Leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that causes harmful skin sores and nerve damage to the arms and legs. Leprosy has been around since way back then, and it was such a terrifying disease that the people who had it were often shunned and sent out of the country. It is...