Biology
myeloid
Term: myeloid
Literally meaning: ?bone marrow (or core) like?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=to be enclosed)
-??????/-oides(=-oid, prefix meaning ?like?, ?type?, ?form?)
Coined/History
In 1869 by The Neumann, as he was the first to recognize that white blood cells were made in the bone marrow and not in the spleen
Definition
Myeloid is a generic term refering to non to the nonlymphocytic leucocytes (white blood cells) in the bone marrow or spinal cord including the granulocytes, monocytes and platelets
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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...
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Myelocele
Term: myelocele Literally meaning: rupture of bone marrow OriginAnc Greek??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)????/kele(=hernia) > ??????/keleos(=burn, rupture)Coined/History(?)Definition Protrusion of spinal cord tissues ...
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Myeloplegia
Term: myeloplegiaLiterally meaning: ?be stricken on bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+>??????/plesso(=strike)Coined/History(?)Definition Myeloplegia is the medical term for spinal paralysis....
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Myelocyte
Term: myelocyteLiterally meaning: ?cell of bone marrow (or core)?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+cyte (=combining form meaning ?cell? derived from anc Greek word ??????/cytion(=box, container)Coined/History(?)Definition...
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Myeloma
Term: myelomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of bone marrow? Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryBy Russian phycisian von Rustizky in 1873...
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