Biology
malacoplacia
Term: malacoplacia
Literally meaning: ?soft flat plate?
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/malacos(=soft, weak) >??????/omalos(=smooth)+????/apto(=touch)
????/plax(=flat plate)
Coined/History
in the early 1900s by German pathologist David Paul von Hansemann (1858-1920).
Definition
Malacoplacia is the formation of soft patches of the mucous membrane of the urinary bladder, because of inflammation.
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Amalgalm
Term: amalgalmLiterally meaning: ?softening substance? Origin: Anc Greek???????/malagma (=soft substance) > ???????/malasso(=to soften)Coined/HistoryThe use of the term originally was referred to soft masses due to chemical manipulation....
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Acropachy
Term: acropahyLiterally meaning: ?thick edge? or ?thick extremity?Origin: Anc Greek????/ acro(=edge)+ ?????/pachys(=thick)Coined/HistoryThe term acropachy, was first employed by Högler in 1920 in discussing the secondary osteoarthropathies. Periosteal...
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Tarsus
Term: tarsus Literally meaning: ?flat surface used for drying? Origin: Anc Greek??????/ tarsos(=tarsus) > ????????/tersomai(= to become dry) Coined/History(?) Definition 1. the seven bones between the tibia and the metatarsus in tetrapods...
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Diapedesis
Term: diapedesisOrigin: Anc Greek???-/dia(=prefix meaning through, apart) > probably from the root ???/dis(=twice)??????/pedema(=leap) > ?????/pedos(=The flat part of an oar) literally meaning ? act of leaping through?CoinedIn 1889 by German-Jewish...
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Placenta
Term: placenta Origin: Anc Greek ??????????/placundas(flat cake ) > ????/plax(=flat) Coined: by Italian surgeon and anatomist Realdo Colombo in 16th cen Definition:It is an vascular fetomaternal organ that joins the developing fetus to the...
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