Biology
Coined :
Definition:
A characteristic sign of the existence of a disease or health condition (eg pregnancy). Symptoms are subjective
- Ascites
Term: ascitesOrigin: Anc Greek from ???????/ascites(=hydrops) > ?????/askos(=sac)Coined: Erasistratus(ca. 300-250 BC) was the first who recognized ascites and connected it with hepatic disease. Celsus (30BC-50AD) postulated...
- Pneumonia
Term: pneumonia Origin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) à lung disease Coined : Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) was the first physician to accurately described the symptoms of pneumonia although he mentioned that...
- Sarcoidosis Or Sarcoid
Term: sarcoidosis or sarcoid Origin: An Greek ?????/sarca(=flesh) + ?????/eidos --> oid(= like, form) + osis (=process) because one of the main symptom of the disease is the skin eruptions that it causes. Coined : Sarcoidosis was probably...
- Coeliac Disease
Term : coeliac (disease) Origin: Ancient Greek coelia> kilia(=belly) Coined: by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (2th cen AD) as kiliakos. Later Samuel Jones Gee (1839 ? 3 1911) an English physician in 1888, published the first complete modern description...
- Leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that causes harmful skin sores and nerve damage to the arms and legs. Leprosy has been around since way back then, and it was such a terrifying disease that the people who had it were often shunned and sent out of the country. It is...
Biology
symptom
Term: symptom
Origin:
Greek ????????/symptoma (=a happening) >
???/syn(together) + ???????/piptein (=to fall) because symptoms happen with a disease.
Definition:
A characteristic sign of the existence of a disease or health condition (eg pregnancy). Symptoms are subjective
- Ascites
Term: ascitesOrigin: Anc Greek from ???????/ascites(=hydrops) > ?????/askos(=sac)Coined: Erasistratus(ca. 300-250 BC) was the first who recognized ascites and connected it with hepatic disease. Celsus (30BC-50AD) postulated...
- Pneumonia
Term: pneumonia Origin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) à lung disease Coined : Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) was the first physician to accurately described the symptoms of pneumonia although he mentioned that...
- Sarcoidosis Or Sarcoid
Term: sarcoidosis or sarcoid Origin: An Greek ?????/sarca(=flesh) + ?????/eidos --> oid(= like, form) + osis (=process) because one of the main symptom of the disease is the skin eruptions that it causes. Coined : Sarcoidosis was probably...
- Coeliac Disease
Term : coeliac (disease) Origin: Ancient Greek coelia> kilia(=belly) Coined: by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (2th cen AD) as kiliakos. Later Samuel Jones Gee (1839 ? 3 1911) an English physician in 1888, published the first complete modern description...
- Leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that causes harmful skin sores and nerve damage to the arms and legs. Leprosy has been around since way back then, and it was such a terrifying disease that the people who had it were often shunned and sent out of the country. It is...