Biology
- 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?.)...
- Epididymitis
Term: Term: epididymitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of epididymis? Origin: Anc Greek ???-/epi-(= ?upon?, ?on?, ?besides? ?in addition?) ???????/didimos(=twin) > ???/dyo(=double, two)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining...
- 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...
- Thrombosis
Term : thrombosis Literally meaning: ?the process of making clots?Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) + (-????)/-osis (=suffix meaning ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe term was coined in...
- -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 :...
Biology
thrombophlebitis
Term: thrombophlebitis
Literally meaning: ?inflammationof veins because of a thrombus?
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/thrombos(=clot) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed)
+ ????/phleo(=be fruitfull or plentiful)
+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender because it was used with feminine noun ? ?????/ e nosos /(=disease)
Coined/History
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Definition
Phlebitis is the inflammation of leg or arm veins caused by various risk factors such as smoking, obesity, prolonged sitting and pregnancy.
- 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?.)...
- Epididymitis
Term: Term: epididymitis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of epididymis? Origin: Anc Greek ???-/epi-(= ?upon?, ?on?, ?besides? ?in addition?) ???????/didimos(=twin) > ???/dyo(=double, two)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining...
- 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...
- Thrombosis
Term : thrombosis Literally meaning: ?the process of making clots?Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) + (-????)/-osis (=suffix meaning ?process? or ?state?) Coined/HistoryThe term was coined in...
- -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 :...