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pyonephritis
Term: pyonephritis
Literally meaning:
Origin: Anc Greek
????/pyon(=pus) > ????/pytho(=rot, stink)
??????/nephros(-kidney)
-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos /(=disease)
Coined/History
Definition
Pyonephritis is a suppurative inflammation of the kidney
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Tendonitis
Term: tendontitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of a tendon? Origin: Anc Greek?????/teino (=extend) > ?????/tanyo(=strain, stretch) > ??????/taenia(=band, ribon) +(-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.)...
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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...
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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...
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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?...
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-itis
Term: -itis Origin: Anc Greeik -????(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (= suffix which is used with the feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos/(=disease), denoting ?inflammation of?. Definition: noun suffix denoting inflammation of as in terms :...
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