Biology
- Thanatology
Term: thanatology Literally meaning: ?study of death? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thanatos(=death) > ??????/thnisko(=die), ?????/theino(=smite, kill).?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo (=speak). Coined/Historyby...
- Autopsy
Term: autopsy. Origin: Anc Greek ?????/autos (= self) + ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) à a seeing with one's own eyes (the same meaning for modern Greek word «???????»). Coined: In the third century B.C., the word autopsia...
- Mitochondria
Term: mitochondria plural of "mitochondrion" Origin: Ancient Greek mitos (=thread) + khondrion (=little cartilage: fibrous and flexible connective tissue ) (see below) Coined: by microbiologist Carl Benda 1898. Benda was able to make out from...
- Comparison Between Unicellular And Multicellular Organisms
Unicellular organism Multicellular organism 1. Body is made up of single cell Body is made up of numerous cells 2. Division of labour is at the organelle...
- Cellular Self-sacrifice
Biology Concepts ? apoptosis, synthaesthesia, mitochondria We often ascribe human traits to objects that do not have thoughts or feelings of their own. This is called anthropomorphism, and it is hard to go through a day without committing this faux pas....
Biology
necrosis
Term: necrosis
Origin: Anc Greek ??????/necros(=dead) + -????/osis (=suffix meaning a state of disease)
Definition:
Death of cells or tissues as a result of injury or disease or loss of blood supply. Necrosis is distinguish from apoptosis which is a form of death but it is initiated by the cell itself (programmed cell death) and not by exogenous factors .
- Thanatology
Term: thanatology Literally meaning: ?study of death? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thanatos(=death) > ??????/thnisko(=die), ?????/theino(=smite, kill).?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo (=speak). Coined/Historyby...
- Autopsy
Term: autopsy. Origin: Anc Greek ?????/autos (= self) + ????/opsis (= to look at, vision; sight) à a seeing with one's own eyes (the same meaning for modern Greek word «???????»). Coined: In the third century B.C., the word autopsia...
- Mitochondria
Term: mitochondria plural of "mitochondrion" Origin: Ancient Greek mitos (=thread) + khondrion (=little cartilage: fibrous and flexible connective tissue ) (see below) Coined: by microbiologist Carl Benda 1898. Benda was able to make out from...
- Comparison Between Unicellular And Multicellular Organisms
Unicellular organism Multicellular organism 1. Body is made up of single cell Body is made up of numerous cells 2. Division of labour is at the organelle...
- Cellular Self-sacrifice
Biology Concepts ? apoptosis, synthaesthesia, mitochondria We often ascribe human traits to objects that do not have thoughts or feelings of their own. This is called anthropomorphism, and it is hard to go through a day without committing this faux pas....