Biology
- Myxedema
Term: myxedema Literally meaning: ?mucus swelling? Origin: Anc Greek????/myxa(=mucus, snot) > ????????/myssomai(=discharge from the nose) > ??????/mycter(=nostril)+??????/edema(=swelling) > ??????/edano(=swell) >????/eda(=see, as edema...
- Blennorrhea, Gonorrhea
Term: blennorrhea, gonorrheablenno+rrhea, gono+rrhea Origin: Anc Greek ??????/blenna(=mucus)+???/roe(=flow) ?????/gonos(=offspring)> ?????/ genea(=generation)because initially mucus discharge was mistaken for semen+???/roe(=flow) CoinedThe term gonorrhea...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Anthropo-
Term: anthropo- Origin: Anc Greek ????/anthr- is for ????-/an(?)r, a strenghtened form of the stem ????-, of which the nom. is ???? (attic)(=a man) and -???? is from Gk. ??/ops, gen. ????/opos (=eye, face). In Mycenaean language, the most ancient written...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...
Biology
mucus and muco-
Term: mucus and muco- as preffix
Origin: Latin mucus
Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- (=slimy, slippery). Gognate included also Ancient Greek word ????? (mikes)(=mushroom).
Coined: -
Definition:
a slippery or slimy and colloid secretion from the lining of the mucous membrane, containing mucins, antiseptic enzymes and immunoglobulins.
Runon derivatives :
mucoid, mucoidal, mucous, mucin, mucinogen, mucinosis, mucinous, muciparous, mucolipidosis, mucoprotein, mucosa,
comments:
the term phlegm is used for viscid mucus and it is derived from Ancient Greek word ?????/phlego (= heat, blaze)
- Myxedema
Term: myxedema Literally meaning: ?mucus swelling? Origin: Anc Greek????/myxa(=mucus, snot) > ????????/myssomai(=discharge from the nose) > ??????/mycter(=nostril)+??????/edema(=swelling) > ??????/edano(=swell) >????/eda(=see, as edema...
- Blennorrhea, Gonorrhea
Term: blennorrhea, gonorrheablenno+rrhea, gono+rrhea Origin: Anc Greek ??????/blenna(=mucus)+???/roe(=flow) ?????/gonos(=offspring)> ?????/ genea(=generation)because initially mucus discharge was mistaken for semen+???/roe(=flow) CoinedThe term gonorrhea...
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- Anthropo-
Term: anthropo- Origin: Anc Greek ????/anthr- is for ????-/an(?)r, a strenghtened form of the stem ????-, of which the nom. is ???? (attic)(=a man) and -???? is from Gk. ??/ops, gen. ????/opos (=eye, face). In Mycenaean language, the most ancient written...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...