Biology
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Pericarditis
Term: pericarditisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of pericardium?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)+ ?????? /kardia (=heart) > derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb >????????/kradeno...
- 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...
- Periodontitis
Term: periodontitisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation around tooth?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri-(=combining form denoting around) +?????/odous(=tooth) > (in the genitive) ???????/odontos(= of tooth)+ -?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to?...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...
Biology
polymyositis
Term: polymyositis
Literally meaning: "inflammation of several or many muscles at once"
Origin: Anc Greek
????-/poly-(=many, several)
+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)
+(-?????)/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos /(=disease)
Coined/History
Polyomyitis first described by German pathologist Ernst Leberecht Wagner in in 1863. Seventy five years(1938) later Walton and Adams published a monograph titled Polymyositis reffering to polymyositis? as a group of myopathies characterized by a single basic disease process related to "other collagen" diseases or arising as the result of "hypersensitivity response to allergic inflammation."
Definition
Polymyositis is a type of chronic inflammatory disease of skeletal muscle disease (myopathy) of unknown etiology that is related to dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis
- Myopathy
Term: myopathyLiterally meaning: ?suffering of muscles?Origin: Anc Greek???-/myo-(=comping form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/(=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+???????/patheia(-pathy, suffix denoting...
- Pericarditis
Term: pericarditisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of pericardium?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri- (=combining form meaning ?around?)+ ?????? /kardia (=heart) > derived according Meletios(7th-8th cen AD) probably from verb >????????/kradeno...
- 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...
- Periodontitis
Term: periodontitisLiterally meaning: ?inflammation around tooth?Origin: Anc Greek????-/peri-(=combining form denoting around) +?????/odous(=tooth) > (in the genitive) ???????/odontos(= of tooth)+ -?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to?...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...