Biology
- Xenogenous
Term: xenogenousLiterally meaning: ?originated outside ?Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=strange, foreigner)+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)DefinitionXenogenous is anything is caused by a foreign body ...
- Pathognomonic
Term: pathognomonic (often misspelled as pathognomic)Literally meaning: ?index for suffering/disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+ ??????/gnomon(=judge) >????????/gignosko(=understand,...
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Prognosis
Term: prognosis Origin: Prefix ???/pro(=before) + ??????/gnosis (inquiry, knowing) > ????????/gignosko(=come to know) Coined : in the mid 17th century. Definition: a prediction of the course of a disease ....
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...
Biology
xenodiagnosis
Term: xenodiagnosis
Literally meaning: ?diagnosis through a foreigner?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/xenos(=foreign, strange)
+ ???-/dia-(through) > ???/dio(two)
+ ??????/gnosis(=(inquiry, knowing) > ????????/gignosko(=come to know, to learn). To the Greeks a diagnosis meant specifically a "discrimination, a distinguishing between two possibilities more compatible with differential diagnosis.
Coined/History
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Definition
Xenodiagnosis is the diagnosis of an infectious disease by exposing an infected individual or tissue to a clean vector and then examining the vector for the presence of the infective microorganism.
- Xenogenous
Term: xenogenousLiterally meaning: ?originated outside ?Origin: Anc Greek?????/xenos(=strange, foreigner)+?????/geno(=produce, give birth to)Coined/History(?)DefinitionXenogenous is anything is caused by a foreign body ...
- Pathognomonic
Term: pathognomonic (often misspelled as pathognomic)Literally meaning: ?index for suffering/disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+ ??????/gnomon(=judge) >????????/gignosko(=understand,...
- Pathology
Term: pathologyLiterally meaning: ?study of a disease?Origin: Anc Greek????-/patho-(=prefix denoting ?suffering?) > ????? / pathos(=passion, sorrow, strong emotion)+(-?????)/-logia(=logy, suffix meaning ?study of?, ?speech?, ?discourse?) > ???/leo...
- Prognosis
Term: prognosis Origin: Prefix ???/pro(=before) + ??????/gnosis (inquiry, knowing) > ????????/gignosko(=come to know) Coined : in the mid 17th century. Definition: a prediction of the course of a disease ....
- Diabetes
Term diabetes Literally meaning: "to pass through " Origin: Ancient Greek ???/dia (=through) + ???????/venein(=to go) Coined: Aretaeus the Cappadocian, physician of Alexandria, in 2cen, used this term in order to describe the...