Biology
- Acropachy
Term: acropahyLiterally meaning: ?thick edge? or ?thick extremity?Origin: Anc Greek????/ acro(=edge)+ ?????/pachys(=thick)Coined/HistoryThe term acropachy, was first employed by Högler in 1920 in discussing the secondary osteoarthropathies. Periosteal...
- Myxedema
Term: myxedema Literally meaning: ?mucus swelling? Origin: Anc Greek????/myxa(=mucus, snot) > ????????/myssomai(=discharge from the nose) > ??????/mycter(=nostril)+??????/edema(=swelling) > ??????/edano(=swell) >????/eda(=see, as edema...
- Thymus
Term: thymus Origin: ?he word has the same root as ancient Greek name of culinary herb ?????/thymos (=thyme, Thymus vulgaris), which in the ancient Greece is considered as a symbol of style, elegance and courage and it used as an incense to...
- Mitochondria
Term: mitochondria plural of "mitochondrion" Origin: Ancient Greek mitos (=thread) + khondrion (=little cartilage: fibrous and flexible connective tissue ) (see below) Coined: by microbiologist Carl Benda 1898. Benda was able to make out from...
- Ducts & Canals
Ducts/ canal Of which part 1. Anal canal In mammalian rectum 2. Aqueduct of Sylvius (iter) Between II & IV brain ventricles 3. ...
Biology
thyroid
Term: thyroid
Origin: Anc Greek ??????/thireos(=shield) + ?????/idos(=form). The shield name "??????" derived from ????/thyra(=door) because of its oblong shape resembling to door. The aspis and the thureos were the shields principally in use by ancient Greeks; the former for light, the latter for heavy armed troops.
Coined: Galen first used the name shield-shaped cartilage in order to describe the ?Adam?s apple? in the throat. In 1656 by Thomas Wharton (also famous for his description of the submandibular duct) who used the term ?thyroid gland? because of shield-shaped cartilage upon the gland rests. ( ?Adenographia? the ?glandulae thyroideae? or thyroid in 1656). Previosly it was known by Celsus the medical condition of bronchocoele (a herniation of the bronchus) in 15 AD and medical authorities also used this term even into the 19th century despite Wharton earlier descriptions.
Definition:
An adjective for both the gland and the 9 laregeal cartilage upon which rests the thyroid gland.
Runon derivatives :
thyroadenitis, thyroaplasia, thyrocele, thyroglobulin, thyroidectomy, thyromegaly, thyrotherapy, thyrotoxic, thyrotrope, thyrotropin
comments:
the thyroid disfunction hypotheroidism and thyrotoxocosis (hyperthoidism) were not considered to be thyropid diseases until early 1900s.
- Acropachy
Term: acropahyLiterally meaning: ?thick edge? or ?thick extremity?Origin: Anc Greek????/ acro(=edge)+ ?????/pachys(=thick)Coined/HistoryThe term acropachy, was first employed by Högler in 1920 in discussing the secondary osteoarthropathies. Periosteal...
- Myxedema
Term: myxedema Literally meaning: ?mucus swelling? Origin: Anc Greek????/myxa(=mucus, snot) > ????????/myssomai(=discharge from the nose) > ??????/mycter(=nostril)+??????/edema(=swelling) > ??????/edano(=swell) >????/eda(=see, as edema...
- Thymus
Term: thymus Origin: ?he word has the same root as ancient Greek name of culinary herb ?????/thymos (=thyme, Thymus vulgaris), which in the ancient Greece is considered as a symbol of style, elegance and courage and it used as an incense to...
- Mitochondria
Term: mitochondria plural of "mitochondrion" Origin: Ancient Greek mitos (=thread) + khondrion (=little cartilage: fibrous and flexible connective tissue ) (see below) Coined: by microbiologist Carl Benda 1898. Benda was able to make out from...
- Ducts & Canals
Ducts/ canal Of which part 1. Anal canal In mammalian rectum 2. Aqueduct of Sylvius (iter) Between II & IV brain ventricles 3. ...