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perilymph
Term: perilymph
Literally meaning: ?lymph around?
Origin: Anc Greek
????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)
+ ??????/lemphos(=lymph)
in Greek Mythology, nymphs are minor female deities protectors of springs, mountains, and rivers). Nymph via Latin passed as lympha (?water, water nymph? indicating the liquid form of lymph.
Coined/History
Definition
Perilymph is an extracellular fluid located in ear, within the cochlea.
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Pericardium
Term: pericardium Literally meaning: ?around the heart?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)+ ?????? /kardia (=heart) > derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb >????????/kradeno (=rattle, rock)+um...
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Echolalia
Term: echolaliaLiterally meaning: " speech echo?Origin: Anc Greek????/echos(=echo) > ???/eche(=sound) >????/achoe(=hearing)+????/lalo(=speech)Coined/History The word ?echo? is a compining form of ?echolalia? in comparison with ?echo?...
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Echopraxia
Term: echopraxia (echomotism)Literally meaning: "sound action?Origin: Anc Greek???/echo(=echo) > ???/eche(=sound) >????/achoe(=hearing)??????/praxis(=action)Coined/HistoryEchopraxia is is closely related to echolalia the involuntary repetition...
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Endothelium
Term: endotheliumLiterally meaning: " internal epithelium?Origin: Anc Greek????-/endo-(= compining form for ?inside?, ?internal?, ?within?)+????????/epithelio(=epithelium)>???/epi(=on, upon)????/theli(=nipple) literally meaning ?on nipple? because...
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Lymph
Term: lymph Origin: Anc Greek ?????/nymph(=in Greek Mythology, nymphs are minor female deities protectors of springs, mountains, and rivers). Nymph via Latin passed as lympha (?water, water nymph?). Coined: In 1622 physician Gaspare...
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