Biology
- Stomadynia
Term: stomatodyniaLiterally meaning: ?stoma pain?Origin: Anc Greek?????/stoma (=mouth)+ ?????/odyni(= pain) > ????/diao(=regret)Coined/History(?) Definition Glossodynia is a condition characterized...
- Diaphoresis
Term: diaphoresisLiterally meaning: ?to throw off by perspiration?Origin: Anc Greek???-/dia-(through) > ???/dio(two) + ?????/phoreo (=the act of bearing)Coined/History DefinitionDiaphoresis is excessive perspiration (sweating)...
- Phlebitis
Term: phlebitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of veins? Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=be fruitfull or plentiful)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun...
- 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...
- Myelin
Term: myelinOrigin: Anc GreekØ ??????/myelos(=marrow) Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)Coined: in 1858 by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) after the observation by his fellow Robert Remak that nerve fibers have a white sheath...
Biology
menopause
Term: menopause
Origin: Anc Greek ???/men(= month)
+ ??????/pausis(=pause, cease)
Coined: in 1812 by by the French physician de Gardanne using the term 'La ménespausie?, which he subsequently shortened to menopause in 1821 (De Gardarne De la Menopause, ou de l?Age Critique des Femmes, 1821, Paris, France: Meguignon-Marvis)
Definition:
Menopause represents the permanent end of menstruation which marks the end of a woman's fertility.
- Stomadynia
Term: stomatodyniaLiterally meaning: ?stoma pain?Origin: Anc Greek?????/stoma (=mouth)+ ?????/odyni(= pain) > ????/diao(=regret)Coined/History(?) Definition Glossodynia is a condition characterized...
- Diaphoresis
Term: diaphoresisLiterally meaning: ?to throw off by perspiration?Origin: Anc Greek???-/dia-(through) > ???/dio(two) + ?????/phoreo (=the act of bearing)Coined/History DefinitionDiaphoresis is excessive perspiration (sweating)...
- Phlebitis
Term: phlebitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of veins? Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=be fruitfull or plentiful)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun...
- 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...
- Myelin
Term: myelinOrigin: Anc GreekØ ??????/myelos(=marrow) Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)Coined: in 1858 by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) after the observation by his fellow Robert Remak that nerve fibers have a white sheath...