Biology
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Nephrology
Term: nephrologyOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=to fill, to overflow) ?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of)CoinedHippocrates (460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) was the first who used uroscopy...
- Carcinoma
Term: carcinoma Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) + ???/oma(=suffix denoting mass growth) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used...
- Dermatology
Term : dermatology Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) + -?????/logia(=study of)> ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)> ?????/logos(=speech, word, discourse)...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....
Biology
oncology
Term: oncology
Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ogos(=bulk, volume) +-?????/-logia(=study of)
>?????/logos(=speech, study of)
Coined: Galien (130-200) used the Greek term "oncos" to refer to a growth or a tumour that looked malignant using also the term carkinona and cancer for breast cancer as "the swollen veins surrounding a tumour resembled a crab?s limbs".
Definition:
The branch of medicine dealing with the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors.
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Nephrology
Term: nephrologyOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=to fill, to overflow) ?????/logos(=word, speech, discourse, reason)>-?????/-logia(=logy, study of)CoinedHippocrates (460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) was the first who used uroscopy...
- Carcinoma
Term: carcinoma Anc Greek ????????/carkinos(=crab) + ???/oma(=suffix denoting mass growth) ???????? > ???????+???? (= hard+move) Coined: by Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ? ca. 370 BC) who noted similarity of crabs to some tumors and especially he used...
- Dermatology
Term : dermatology Origin: Anc Greek ?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) + -?????/logia(=study of)> ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)> ?????/logos(=speech, word, discourse)...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....