Biology
- Onychomycosis
Term: onychomycosisLiterally meaning: ?process to fungal nails? Origin: Anc Greek/ï???/onix(=nail) > (gen) ??????/onychos????? /mykes (=mushroom)-????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryIn 1853 George Meissner discovered...
- Myelolipoma
Term: myelolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid inside?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=marrow, brain) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryThese...
- Angiomyolipoma
Term: angiomyolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryGrawitz coined the term angio-myo-lipoma...
- Teratoma
Term: teratoma Literally meaning: ?unusual condition, monstrous tumor? Origin: Anc Greek?????/teras (=unusual occurrence or phenomenon, monster) +-???/oma(=complete set of, or a condition) Coined/Historyin 1863, by German physician Rudolf Virchow (1821-1905)...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...
Biology
psammoma
Term: psammoma
Literally meaning: ?sand tumour?
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/psammos(= sand)
+-???/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)
Coined/History
By German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained small calcifications.
Definition
Psammoma is any tumor, especially a meningioma, containing psammoma bodies (calcified granules).
- Onychomycosis
Term: onychomycosisLiterally meaning: ?process to fungal nails? Origin: Anc Greek/ï???/onix(=nail) > (gen) ??????/onychos????? /mykes (=mushroom)-????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryIn 1853 George Meissner discovered...
- Myelolipoma
Term: myelolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid inside?Origin: Anc Greek??????/myelos(=marrow, brain) > ???/myo(=enclosed like the muscle inside body or rat in its nest=epimys)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryThese...
- Angiomyolipoma
Term: angiomyolipomaLiterally meaning: ?growth of lipoid vessel?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+(-???)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state or condition of mass growthCoined/HistoryGrawitz coined the term angio-myo-lipoma...
- Teratoma
Term: teratoma Literally meaning: ?unusual condition, monstrous tumor? Origin: Anc Greek?????/teras (=unusual occurrence or phenomenon, monster) +-???/oma(=complete set of, or a condition) Coined/Historyin 1863, by German physician Rudolf Virchow (1821-1905)...
- Leukemia
Term: leukemia Origin: Anc Greek ?????/lephko(=white) + ????/hema(=suffix pertaining to blood) Coined: by German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821?1902), in 1856 who is considered as the father of modern pathology. Virchow was the first to...