Biology
- Lithium (li)
Term: lithium (Li)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to stone?Origin: Anc Greek?????/lithos(=stone, rock)Coined/History The element was named in 1817 by Sweeden chemist Johan August Arfvedsen (1792-01-12) when analysing petalite (LiAlSi4O10)...
- Cysteine (cys C)
Term: cysteineLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to bladder?Origin: Anc Greek?????? (=sac or anatomical sac such as bladder)> ??? (=to carry a baby in a sac)Coined/History In 1810 English chemist Wiliam Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) identified cysteine...
- Prostate
Term: prostateLiterally meaning: ?protector, guardian?Origin: Anc Greek?????????/proistimi(=stand before) >???-/pro-(= towards, in front of, before) +??????/istimi(=put, stand, inhibit) Coined/Historyby the Greek phycisian and anatomist...
- Cystitis
Term: cystitisOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/cystis(=pouch or anatomical sac eg bladder) > ???/kyo(=carry a baby in a sac) -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=noun suffix denoting inflammation) >-????, feminine suffix meaning pertaining to, because...
- Catheter
Benjamin Franklin (1706? 1790)Term: CatheterOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/cathiemi(=to let down, thrust in)> ????/cata(=down) + ????/eemi(=send)CoinedCatheters were used by both ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The modern form of catheter was invented in...
Biology
lithotripsy, lithotrity
Term: lithotripsy, lithotrity
Literally meaning: breaking stones
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/lithos(=stone)
?????/trivo(=rub)
Coined/History
Lithotripsy emerged in the early 19thy cen as an alternative to the life-threatening perineal lithotomy. Surprisingly the first persons who pried to break bladder stones mechanically were not surgeons but sufferers from the disrease. In 1824 a Monk of Citreaux, who broke up a stone in his own bladder using a metal catheter into the bladder. Later a Bavarian physician, Franz von Gruithusen (1774-1852) settled the question by passing a straight tube into a bladder.
Definition
Lithotripsy refers to the fragmentasion of gallstones or kidney stones by means of an instrument passed through the urethra.
- Lithium (li)
Term: lithium (Li)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to stone?Origin: Anc Greek?????/lithos(=stone, rock)Coined/History The element was named in 1817 by Sweeden chemist Johan August Arfvedsen (1792-01-12) when analysing petalite (LiAlSi4O10)...
- Cysteine (cys C)
Term: cysteineLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to bladder?Origin: Anc Greek?????? (=sac or anatomical sac such as bladder)> ??? (=to carry a baby in a sac)Coined/History In 1810 English chemist Wiliam Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) identified cysteine...
- Prostate
Term: prostateLiterally meaning: ?protector, guardian?Origin: Anc Greek?????????/proistimi(=stand before) >???-/pro-(= towards, in front of, before) +??????/istimi(=put, stand, inhibit) Coined/Historyby the Greek phycisian and anatomist...
- Cystitis
Term: cystitisOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/cystis(=pouch or anatomical sac eg bladder) > ???/kyo(=carry a baby in a sac) -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=noun suffix denoting inflammation) >-????, feminine suffix meaning pertaining to, because...
- Catheter
Benjamin Franklin (1706? 1790)Term: CatheterOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/cathiemi(=to let down, thrust in)> ????/cata(=down) + ????/eemi(=send)CoinedCatheters were used by both ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The modern form of catheter was invented in...