Biology
thelorrhagia
Term: thelorrhagia
Literally meaning:"escape of blood through nipple"
Origin: Anc Greek
????/????(=nipple)
+ + ????/rage(=breaking) >???????/regnymai(=to break)
Coined/History
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Definition
Thelorrhagia is bleeding from the nipple
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Phlebotomy
Term: phlebotomyLiterally meaning: ?incision in a vein?Origin: Anc Greek????/phleo(=fill, flood, flourish)+?????/temno(=cut) > ????/tome(=section, trunk, stalk)Coined/HistoryThe Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used blood extraction to rid the body of...
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Hemostasis Or Haemostasis
Term: hemostasis or haemostasis Literally meaning: stoppage of bleedingOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)??????/stasis(=halt) > ??????/histimi(=stand)Coined/HistoryHemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop...
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Hematoma
Term: hematomaLiterally meaning: bloody conditionOrigin: Anc Greek????/hema(=blood)-???/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)Coined/History(?)Definition A collection of blood in an organ, space, or tissue outside the blood vessels. Hematomas...
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Endothelium
Term: endotheliumLiterally meaning: " internal epithelium?Origin: Anc Greek????-/endo-(= compining form for ?inside?, ?internal?, ?within?)+????????/epithelio(=epithelium)>???/epi(=on, upon)????/theli(=nipple) literally meaning ?on nipple? because...
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Epithelium
Term: epithelium Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=on, upon)+????/theli(=nipple) à literally means ?on nipple? because originally this word meant only the skin on the breast which is not which identical to the epidermis. In literal translation it is a...
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