Biology
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Encephalitis
Term: encephalitisLiterally meaning: "inflammation of brain?Origin: Anc Greek?????????/egephalos(=brain) >??/en(=within) +???????/cephalin(=head) +-itis/????(= suffiux pertaining to inflammation) Coined/History (?)Definition Encephalitis is...
- 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...
- -itis
Term: -itis Origin: Anc Greeik -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?. Definition: noun suffix denoting inflammation of as in terms :...
Biology
meningitis
Term: meningitis
Literally meaning: ?inflammation of meninges?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/meninx(=meninx, one of the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord.
+-????/-tis(=suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ nosos/=disease, denoting ?inflammation of?).
According Greek Monk and medical philosopher Meletios(7th-8th cen) in his work «???? ??? ??? ???????? ??????????/About human structure» Migne, Vol 64, p 1149, meninx was derived by word ??????/menein(stay, remain): ???? ??? ?????? ?? ?????? ??? ????????? =by remaining (menein) next to brain.
Coined/History
Mengitis is considerated that was known by Greek physician Hippocrates(460-375 B.C). In his Aphorisms is recorded as ?stupidity, or a delirium, occasioned by a wound in the head, is bad?. This is explained as signs that meninges are violated and inflamed. Tuberculous meningitis was first described by Edinburgh physician Sir Robert Whytt in a posthumous report that appeared in 1768. During that time, the disease was called as the ?dropsy in the brain?. Meningitis outbreak was first recorded in Geneva, Switzerlan, in 1805 by Gaspard Vieusseux (1746-1814) and Andre Matthey (1778-1842). The first evidence that linked bacterial infection as a cause of meningitis was written by Austrian bacteriology Anton Vaykselbaum (1845-1920) who described meningococcal bacteria in 1887. Aseptic meningitis is a benign syndrome that first described by Wallgren in 1925 caused usually by viruses .
Definition
Meningitis is often a life-threatening inflammation of the meninges which envelope brain and spinal cord. Meningitis is generally caused by infection of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, and certain organisms. However, some non-infectious causes of meningitis also exist.
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Encephalitis
Term: encephalitisLiterally meaning: "inflammation of brain?Origin: Anc Greek?????????/egephalos(=brain) >??/en(=within) +???????/cephalin(=head) +-itis/????(= suffiux pertaining to inflammation) Coined/History (?)Definition Encephalitis is...
- 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...
- -itis
Term: -itis Origin: Anc Greeik -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?. Definition: noun suffix denoting inflammation of as in terms :...