Biology
- Thalamus
Term: thalamus Literally meaning: ?inner room? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thalamos(=chamber, inner room ) Coined/Historyby Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200 AD in De Usu Partium (Utility of the Parts of the Bode) by way of comparing the human...
- Xeroderma
Term: xerodermaOrigin: Anc Greek ????? /xeros(=dry)?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) > ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)literally meaning "dry skin?Definition Xeroderma is a...
- Rheumatism
Term: rheumatism Origin: Anc Greek ?????/rheuma (=stream, flowing) ???/roe (=flow)Coined: The term was introduced into the literature by the French physician G Guillaume de Baillou (1538?1616), who emphasized that arthritis could be a systemic disorder...
- Arthritis
Term: arthritis Origin: ?????/arthro(=joint) + -???? /it is(=inflammation) à disease of the joints Historical view: Archaeologists record that prehistoric man was often racked with arthritis and lamed by injuries. In Ancient Egypt, many skeletons had...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN A & D Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin D Other names Retinol, carotenoid, anti- xerophthalmic vitamin, Vitamin of growth Antirachitic vitamin, Calciferol, sunshine vitamin5 forms: D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 Discovered by Mc Collum...
Biology
xerophthalmia
Term: xerophthalmia
Literally meaning: ?shaving?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/xeros(=dry)
????????/ophthalmos (=eye) > ??/ops(=face, look) + ???????/thalamus(=chamber)
Coined/History
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Definition
Xerophthalmia is the condition of dry eyes. Xerophtalmia is associated with many diseases such as deficiency of vitamin A and systemic disorders (sarcoidosis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma etc).
- Thalamus
Term: thalamus Literally meaning: ?inner room? Origin: Anc Greek???????/thalamos(=chamber, inner room ) Coined/Historyby Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200 AD in De Usu Partium (Utility of the Parts of the Bode) by way of comparing the human...
- Xeroderma
Term: xerodermaOrigin: Anc Greek ????? /xeros(=dry)?????/derma(=skin beneath the epidermis) > ????? --> ?????/desma(=bonds) because skin keeps the body tight > ????/dero(=to peel, to flay)literally meaning "dry skin?Definition Xeroderma is a...
- Rheumatism
Term: rheumatism Origin: Anc Greek ?????/rheuma (=stream, flowing) ???/roe (=flow)Coined: The term was introduced into the literature by the French physician G Guillaume de Baillou (1538?1616), who emphasized that arthritis could be a systemic disorder...
- Arthritis
Term: arthritis Origin: ?????/arthro(=joint) + -???? /it is(=inflammation) à disease of the joints Historical view: Archaeologists record that prehistoric man was often racked with arthritis and lamed by injuries. In Ancient Egypt, many skeletons had...
- Vitamins: Fat Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN A & D Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin D Other names Retinol, carotenoid, anti- xerophthalmic vitamin, Vitamin of growth Antirachitic vitamin, Calciferol, sunshine vitamin5 forms: D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 Discovered by Mc Collum...