Biology
- Acroposthion
Term: acroposthion Literally meaning: ?foreskin tip?Origin: Anc Greek(????-)(acro-) (??? ???> (rhizo-)(=root)+ ?????(??? ???)/posthi(=penile skin)Coined/History(?)DefinitionThe part of the skin which covers the head of the penis otherwise foreskin...
- Hypnosis
Term: hypnosisLiterally meaning: ?sleeping process? Origin: Anc Greek?õ????/hypnos(=sleep)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryThe best source of reference to hypnosis came from ancient Egypt (3rd cen). The Demotic...
- Lipohyalinosis
Term: lipohyalinosisLiterally meaning: ?state of glassy fat ?Origin: Anc Greek+ ?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)?????/hyalos(=glass) + (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryLipoyalinosis...
- Angiomatosis
Term: angiomatosisLiterally meaning: ?process of vessel growth?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ (-???)/-oma (suffix denoting ?mass growth? or a ?complete set of?)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process?...
- Urethrostenosis
Term: urethrostenosis Literally meaning: ?narrowing of urethra? Origin: Anc Greek?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)+ ??????/steino/ (=constrict, narrow, concentrate)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)...
Biology
phimosis
Term: phimosis
Literally meaning: ?muzzling?
Origin: Med Greek
?????/phimoo(=muzzle) > ?????/phimos(=gag)
+ ((-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)
Coined/History
The first recorded use of the term, in reference to the prepuce, was the Roman author Aulus Cornelius Celsus (1st cen BC) The Greek physician and surgeon Antyllus (2nd cen AD) had defined phimosis as the result of growth of an inelastic scar tissue and he called it ?adherence?.
Definition
1. Phimosis is the state of penis foreskin (prepuce) when it can?t be fully retracted over the glans.
2. Phimosi is any stricture of a variety of body parts
- Acroposthion
Term: acroposthion Literally meaning: ?foreskin tip?Origin: Anc Greek(????-)(acro-) (??? ???> (rhizo-)(=root)+ ?????(??? ???)/posthi(=penile skin)Coined/History(?)DefinitionThe part of the skin which covers the head of the penis otherwise foreskin...
- Hypnosis
Term: hypnosisLiterally meaning: ?sleeping process? Origin: Anc Greek?õ????/hypnos(=sleep)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryThe best source of reference to hypnosis came from ancient Egypt (3rd cen). The Demotic...
- Lipohyalinosis
Term: lipohyalinosisLiterally meaning: ?state of glassy fat ?Origin: Anc Greek+ ?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)?????/hyalos(=glass) + (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryLipoyalinosis...
- Angiomatosis
Term: angiomatosisLiterally meaning: ?process of vessel growth?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+ (-???)/-oma (suffix denoting ?mass growth? or a ?complete set of?)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process?...
- Urethrostenosis
Term: urethrostenosis Literally meaning: ?narrowing of urethra? Origin: Anc Greek?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)+ ??????/steino/ (=constrict, narrow, concentrate)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)...