Biology
- Thyrotoxicosis
Term: thyrotoxicosis Literally meaning: ?poisoning because of thyroid? Origin: Anc Greek??????????/thyreodes(=shield-shaped) > ??????/thyreos(=blazon, shield) > ????/thyra (=door, as this type of Greek shield resembled to an large oblong door) ???????/toxicon(=(poison...
- Enterotoxin
Term: enterotoxinLiterally meaning: toxin of intestineOrigin: Anc Greek???????/enteron(=intestine, bowel) < ?????/entos(=inside, within) +???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Coined/History(?)Definition A...
- Toxemia
Term: Toxemia (blood poisoning) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxicon(=(poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) + ?????/-hemia (=suffix denoting blood) Coined: ? (In 1930, Rowe coined the term "allergic toxemia" to describe a syndrome...
- Toxin
Term: toxin Coined: by chemist Ludwig Brieger (1849?1919) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Definition: A peptide or protein that is produced by living...
- Toxic
Term: toxic (adj) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Definition: adj pertaining to or caused by poison or a toxin...
Biology
toxidrome
Term: toxidrome
Literally meaning: ?portmanteau word of toxic and syndrome?
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/toxikon(=poison used to poison arrow heads) >????/toxo(=bow)
+??????/dromos(= road, street) > ???????/dedroma(=past perfect of verb ???????/trecho meaning run).
Coined/History
In 1970 by American Howard Mofenson of the Long Island Poison Control Center
Source
Mofenson HC, Greensher ?The nontoxic ingestion? Pediatr Clin North Am. 1970, Aug17(3): 583-590
Mofenson HC and Caraccio TR: Toxidromes. Compr Ther 11: 46-52, 1985.
Definition
Toxidrome is a clinical syndrome caused by exposure to a given poison, drug overdose or a systemic infection. Common symptoms include nausea, dizziness, seizures, heart arrhythmias, lack of diaphoresis and mydriasis. Examples include the 5 basic toxidromes: opiate, sympathomimetic, cholinergic, sedative-hypnotic and anticholinergic toxidromes.
- Thyrotoxicosis
Term: thyrotoxicosis Literally meaning: ?poisoning because of thyroid? Origin: Anc Greek??????????/thyreodes(=shield-shaped) > ??????/thyreos(=blazon, shield) > ????/thyra (=door, as this type of Greek shield resembled to an large oblong door) ???????/toxicon(=(poison...
- Enterotoxin
Term: enterotoxinLiterally meaning: toxin of intestineOrigin: Anc Greek???????/enteron(=intestine, bowel) < ?????/entos(=inside, within) +???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Coined/History(?)Definition A...
- Toxemia
Term: Toxemia (blood poisoning) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxicon(=(poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) + ?????/-hemia (=suffix denoting blood) Coined: ? (In 1930, Rowe coined the term "allergic toxemia" to describe a syndrome...
- Toxin
Term: toxin Coined: by chemist Ludwig Brieger (1849?1919) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Definition: A peptide or protein that is produced by living...
- Toxic
Term: toxic (adj) Origin: Anc Greek ???????/toxikon(= poison used to poison arrow heads) > ?????/toxon(bow) Definition: adj pertaining to or caused by poison or a toxin...