Biology
- Oligonychous (genus)
Term: oligonychous (Banks grass mite or Spruce spider mite) (genus)Literally meaning: ?someone with a few nails?Origin: Anc Greek??????/oligos(=little, small) /ï???/onix(=nail) > /ï?????/onychos (genitive)Coined/History named because it has...
- Phlebitis
Term: phlebitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of veins? Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=be fruitfull or plentiful)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun...
- Thrombosis
Term : thrombosis Literally meaning: ?the process of making clots?Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) + (-????)/-osis (=suffix meaning ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe term was coined in...
- Psammoma
Term: psammomaLiterally meaning: ?sand tumour?Origin: Anc Greek??????/psammos(= sand)+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryBy German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...
Biology
onychomycosis
Term: onychomycosis
Literally meaning: ?process to fungal nails?
Origin: Anc Greek
/ï???/onix(=nail) > (gen) ??????/onychos
????? /mykes (=mushroom)
-????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?)
Coined/History
In 1853 George Meissner discovered hyphae in a potassium Hydroxide preparation of ?a thick finger nail? taken from 80 year old man. In 1856 German physician Rudolf Virchow (1821-1905) coined the term ?onychomycosis?.
Definition
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails which is characterized by pain, discomfort, and disfigurement. Tinea unguim is clinically defined as dermatophytic infection of the nail plate.
- Oligonychous (genus)
Term: oligonychous (Banks grass mite or Spruce spider mite) (genus)Literally meaning: ?someone with a few nails?Origin: Anc Greek??????/oligos(=little, small) /ï???/onix(=nail) > /ï?????/onychos (genitive)Coined/History named because it has...
- Phlebitis
Term: phlebitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of veins? Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=be fruitfull or plentiful)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun...
- Thrombosis
Term : thrombosis Literally meaning: ?the process of making clots?Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) + (-????)/-osis (=suffix meaning ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe term was coined in...
- Psammoma
Term: psammomaLiterally meaning: ?sand tumour?Origin: Anc Greek??????/psammos(= sand)+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)Coined/HistoryBy German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...