Biology
- Onychomycosis
Term: onychomycosisLiterally meaning: ?process to fungal nails? Origin: Anc Greek/ï???/onix(=nail) > (gen) ??????/onychos????? /mykes (=mushroom)-????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryIn 1853 George Meissner discovered...
- Thrombolites
Term: thrombolites Literally meaning: ?stone clotts? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot)>???????/thrombos(=clot) > ????? /threpho (=feed)...
- 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...
- Prothrombin
Term: prothrombinLiterally meaning: ?in front of thrombin?Origin: Anc Greek??o-/pro-(prefix denoting ?in front of?, ?towards?)+????????/thrombin(=thrombin, a blood coagulation factor, cleaving fibrinogen to form fibrin in the last step of coagulation...
- Thrombin
Term: thrombinLiterally meaning: ?making clot?Origin: Anc Greek+????????/thrombin(=thrombin, a blood coagulation factor, cleaving fibrinogen to form fibrin in the last step of coagulation cascade) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) Coined/History(?)DefinitionProthrombin...
Biology
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/History
The term was coined in 1854 by German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) who claimed that a thrombus differs from an ordinary clot because has a peculiar ribbed appearance.
Definition
Thrombosis is the formation of blood clot inside a blood vessel.
- Onychomycosis
Term: onychomycosisLiterally meaning: ?process to fungal nails? Origin: Anc Greek/ï???/onix(=nail) > (gen) ??????/onychos????? /mykes (=mushroom)-????/-osis (=suffix meaning ?condition? or ?state?)Coined/HistoryIn 1853 George Meissner discovered...
- Thrombolites
Term: thrombolites Literally meaning: ?stone clotts? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thrombos(=clot)>???????/thrombos(=clot) > ????? /threpho (=feed)...
- 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...
- Prothrombin
Term: prothrombinLiterally meaning: ?in front of thrombin?Origin: Anc Greek??o-/pro-(prefix denoting ?in front of?, ?towards?)+????????/thrombin(=thrombin, a blood coagulation factor, cleaving fibrinogen to form fibrin in the last step of coagulation...
- Thrombin
Term: thrombinLiterally meaning: ?making clot?Origin: Anc Greek+????????/thrombin(=thrombin, a blood coagulation factor, cleaving fibrinogen to form fibrin in the last step of coagulation cascade) > ???????/thrombos(=clot) >?????/threpho(=feed) Coined/History(?)DefinitionProthrombin...