Biology
- Brochiectasis
Term: brochiectasisOrigin: Anc Greek ?????o?/brochos(=windpipe, throat) > ????/vrin(=suck, swallow) + ???????/ectasis(= extension) > ??/ec(=from) + ?????/taneo(=stretch) CoinedFirst described in 1819 by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe...
- Catheter
Benjamin Franklin (1706? 1790)Term: CatheterOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/cathiemi(=to let down, thrust in)> ????/cata(=down) + ????/eemi(=send)CoinedCatheters were used by both ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The modern form of catheter was invented in...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio CEsare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530-1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing...
- Cirrhosis
Term: cirrhosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/kirros(= yellowish) + ????/-osis(= suffic meaning a state of disease) because of tawny color of diseased liver. Coined : in 1819 by French physician René Laennec (1781 ?1826) Definition:Cirrhosis is a...
- Amazing Facts About Ear
Amazing facts about ear 1. Ear is not only the organ of hearing. It helps for our body balancing. You may have noticed feeling dizzy if you have had an ear infection.2. ...
Biology
sthethoscope
Term: stethoscope
Origin: Anc Greek
??????/stethos(=brest)
+ ??????/scopos(=aim, look at)
Coined
The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French phycisian Rene Laennec at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. One day, when he needed to examine an obese young woman, Laennec hesitated to put his head to her chest. Laennec remembered that could use urchins to hear to the scratching of a pin transmitted through the length of a wooden beam. He is thereby inspired to fashion a paper tube to listen to the chests of his patient. ?I was surprised and pleased to hear the beating of the heart much more clearly than if I had applied my ear directly to the chest," Laennec said in 1816?. The first sthethoscope consisted of a wooden tube and was monaural. His device was similar to the common ear trumpet, a historical form of hearing aid. In 1840, Golding Bird described a stethoscope he had been using with a flexible tube.
Definition
The stethoscope is an acoustic medical device for auscultation consisting of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing. This instrument used to hear and amplify the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other internal organs
- Brochiectasis
Term: brochiectasisOrigin: Anc Greek ?????o?/brochos(=windpipe, throat) > ????/vrin(=suck, swallow) + ???????/ectasis(= extension) > ??/ec(=from) + ?????/taneo(=stretch) CoinedFirst described in 1819 by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe...
- Catheter
Benjamin Franklin (1706? 1790)Term: CatheterOrigin: Anc Greek ???????/cathiemi(=to let down, thrust in)> ????/cata(=down) + ????/eemi(=send)CoinedCatheters were used by both ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The modern form of catheter was invented in...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio CEsare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530-1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing...
- Cirrhosis
Term: cirrhosis Origin: Anc Greek ??????/kirros(= yellowish) + ????/-osis(= suffic meaning a state of disease) because of tawny color of diseased liver. Coined : in 1819 by French physician René Laennec (1781 ?1826) Definition:Cirrhosis is a...
- Amazing Facts About Ear
Amazing facts about ear 1. Ear is not only the organ of hearing. It helps for our body balancing. You may have noticed feeling dizzy if you have had an ear infection.2. ...