Biology
- 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...
- 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....
- Diplegia
Term: diplegiaOrigin: Anc Greek??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on both sides? CoinedSir William Osler, a British medical doctor, is believed to have coined the term diplegia...
- Apoplexy
Term:apoplexy Origin: Anc Greek???/apo (=from) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?by stroke? Coined: By Galen (129 ? 199/217;) Definition:Apoplexy is the medical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage leading ?? loss of consciousness,...
- Spleen
Term: spleen Origin: Anc Greek ? ????? /spleen (=spleen) > ????????/splahnon (=vincera) > ????? /pleko (=knit). Latin this root became lien afer losing its initial sp Definition: a vascular lymphoid organ, lying in the human body to...
Biology
paraplegia
Term:paraplegia
Origin: Anc Greek
????/para (=becide)
>??????/plesso(=strike)
literally means ?be stricken on one side?
Coined:
The name paraplegia is to be found several times in brief in the Greek texts of Hippocrates and Galen although not always corresponding to the clinical picture as understood today . On the other hand Galen must be credited with a competent description of this disease but he did mention the name paraplegia.
Definition:
Paraplegia is the paralysis of the lower half of the body (below T1 region)
- 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...
- 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....
- Diplegia
Term: diplegiaOrigin: Anc Greek??-/di-(=prefix meaning twice) > ???/dis(=two, double) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?be stricken on both sides? CoinedSir William Osler, a British medical doctor, is believed to have coined the term diplegia...
- Apoplexy
Term:apoplexy Origin: Anc Greek???/apo (=from) >??????/plesso(=strike)literally means ?by stroke? Coined: By Galen (129 ? 199/217;) Definition:Apoplexy is the medical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage leading ?? loss of consciousness,...
- Spleen
Term: spleen Origin: Anc Greek ? ????? /spleen (=spleen) > ????????/splahnon (=vincera) > ????? /pleko (=knit). Latin this root became lien afer losing its initial sp Definition: a vascular lymphoid organ, lying in the human body to...