Biology
- Rabdomyolysis
Term: rabdomyolysis Literally meaning: ?desrtuction of skeletal (striated) muscle? Origin: Anc Greek??????/rabdos(=rod, stripe, stick)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) >???/mys/(=muscle) >???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body...
- Phosphilipid
Term: phospholipidLiterally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (genitive ?????/photos=of light) + ?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)+????/-idio(=ide, suffix meaning a member or a part of group) Coined/History(?)DefinitionPhospholipids...
- Photon
Term: photonLiterally meaning: ?that carry light?Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (genitive ?????/photos=of light) Coined/Historyby Gilbert Lewis in 1926, though the concept of light in the form of discrete particles had been known. Definition(physics)...
- Phototropism
Term: phototropismLiterally meaning: ?tendency to light?Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (in the genitive) ?????/photos(=of light) +-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)Coined/HistoryDefinitionPhototropism...
- Lipolysis
Term: lipolysis Literally meaning: fat splittingOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)?????/lysis(=dissolution, degradation > verb ???/leo =break down, solve, loose, degradate)Coined/History(?)Definition...
Biology
photolysis
Term: photolysis
Literally meaning: ?decomposition caused by light?
Origin: Anc Greek
???/phos(=light) > (genitive ?????/photos=of light)
+?????/lysis(=dissolution, degradation, decomposition) > verb ???/leo =break down, solve, loose, degradate)
Coined/History
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Definition
(chemistry) (Photolysis is a chemical decomposition under influence of light. For example, the photolysis of water molecule in photosynthesis caused by light.
- Rabdomyolysis
Term: rabdomyolysis Literally meaning: ?desrtuction of skeletal (striated) muscle? Origin: Anc Greek??????/rabdos(=rod, stripe, stick)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) >???/mys/(=muscle) >???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body...
- Phosphilipid
Term: phospholipidLiterally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (genitive ?????/photos=of light) + ?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)+????/-idio(=ide, suffix meaning a member or a part of group) Coined/History(?)DefinitionPhospholipids...
- Photon
Term: photonLiterally meaning: ?that carry light?Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (genitive ?????/photos=of light) Coined/Historyby Gilbert Lewis in 1926, though the concept of light in the form of discrete particles had been known. Definition(physics)...
- Phototropism
Term: phototropismLiterally meaning: ?tendency to light?Origin: Anc Greek???/phos(=light) > (in the genitive) ?????/photos(=of light) +-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)Coined/HistoryDefinitionPhototropism...
- Lipolysis
Term: lipolysis Literally meaning: fat splittingOrigin: Anc Greek?????/?????(=fat, grease) >????? > verb ?????/livo(=grease)?????/lysis(=dissolution, degradation > verb ???/leo =break down, solve, loose, degradate)Coined/History(?)Definition...