Biology
- Neuroparalysis
Term: neuroparalysisLiterally meaning: ?loss of function because of neurons?Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+ ??????????/paraliomai(=I...
- Neuroacanthocytosis
Term: neuroacanthocytosisLiterally meaning: ?neuronal condition with thorny cell?Origin: Anc Greek ??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut)> (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines...
- Polyneuropathy
Term: polyneuropathy Literally meaning :?affection of several neurons?Origin: Anc Greek?????/polys(=several)+ ??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.???????/patheia...
- Aponeurosis
Term: aponeurosisOrigin: Anc Greek???/apo(=off, away from)??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.-????/-osis/(=suffix expressing state or condition,...
- Neuron (or Nerve Cell Or Neurone)
Term: neuron (or nerve cell or neurone) Origin: Ancient Greek ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals. Coined: by the German scientist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz...
Biology
neurosis
Term: neurosis
Literally meaning: ?process to nerve disorder?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut)
> (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.
+(-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)
Coined/History
by the Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist, William Culen (1710 ? 1790) in 1769 to refer to "disorders of sense and motion" caused by a "general affection of the nervous system?. Cullen?s used this term in order to define nervous disorders that do not have an obvious organic cause. Sigmound Freud later used the term anxiety neurosis to describe mental illness characterised by extreme anxiety .
Definition
Neurosis, in contrast to psychosis which refers to loss of touch with reality, is a class of functional mental disorder involving excessive anxiety, hysteria, or or obsessive behaviour such as hypochondria.
- Neuroparalysis
Term: neuroparalysisLiterally meaning: ?loss of function because of neurons?Origin: Anc Greek??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.+ ??????????/paraliomai(=I...
- Neuroacanthocytosis
Term: neuroacanthocytosisLiterally meaning: ?neuronal condition with thorny cell?Origin: Anc Greek ??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut)> (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines...
- Polyneuropathy
Term: polyneuropathy Literally meaning :?affection of several neurons?Origin: Anc Greek?????/polys(=several)+ ??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=catgut) > (??????/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.???????/patheia...
- Aponeurosis
Term: aponeurosisOrigin: Anc Greek???/apo(=off, away from)??????/nevron(=neuron) > ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals.-????/-osis/(=suffix expressing state or condition,...
- Neuron (or Nerve Cell Or Neurone)
Term: neuron (or nerve cell or neurone) Origin: Ancient Greek ?????/nevra (=cutgut) (?????? (?>?)/nearon (=young) because catgut were made from intestines of young animals. Coined: by the German scientist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz...