Biology
(Sourse: Vasiliadis et al, Historical overview of spinal deformities in ancient
2009, Scoliosis 2009, 4:6 )
- Syringomyelia
Term: syringomyelia Literally meaning: ?cavity in marrow? Origin: Anc Greek??????/syrix (=a tube-shaped and fluid filled neurological cavity within the central nervous system)+myelos (marrow) Coined/History In Greek mythology Syrinx was...
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- Scoliosis
Term: scoliosisLiterally meaning: Origin: Anc Greek?????????/s?oliosis (=scoliosis) >(noun) scolios/skolios(=bent, twisted or curved)+>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon...
- Lordosis
Term: lordosisLiterally meaning: curving forwardOrigin: Anc Greek????????/lordosis(=lordosis) >(verb) ??????-?/lordoo( < (=>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200...
- Syrinx (plural Syringes)
Term: syrinx (plural syringes) Origin: Anc Greek ??????/syrix (=pan pipes or pan flute) an ancient musical instrument, consisting of cane pipes of different lengths. In Greek mythology Syrinx was a nymph who was changed into reed to save...
Biology
kyphosis
Term: kyphosis
Literally meaning:
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/kyphosis(=kyphosis)
>?????/kyphos(=bent forward, humped) > ?????/kypto(=bent)
+>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition)
Coined/History
The ancient Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200 AD) described four types of spinal deformities, namely kyphosis when they spinal column moves backward, lordosis when it moves forward, scoliosis when it moves to the side and succussion, where there is no spinal deformity but the intervertebral articulations still have moved. He comments that Hippocrates used the term scoliosis to describe all spinal deformities.
(Sourse: Vasiliadis et al, Historical overview of spinal deformities in ancient Greece
2009, Scoliosis 2009, 4:6 )Definition
Kyphosis or hunchback is an abnormal outward curvature of the spine that goes in the backwards direction causing a protuberance of the upper back.
- Syringomyelia
Term: syringomyelia Literally meaning: ?cavity in marrow? Origin: Anc Greek??????/syrix (=a tube-shaped and fluid filled neurological cavity within the central nervous system)+myelos (marrow) Coined/History In Greek mythology Syrinx was...
- Polyomyelitis Or Polio
Term: poliomyelitis or polioLiterally meaning: ?inflammation of the grey bone marrow?Origin: Anc Greek??????/polios(=grey, old)+??????/myelos(=bone marow, core)>???/myo(=be enclosed)+(-???? )(modern Greek -?????)/-ites (=suffix which is used in Greek...
- Scoliosis
Term: scoliosisLiterally meaning: Origin: Anc Greek?????????/s?oliosis (=scoliosis) >(noun) scolios/skolios(=bent, twisted or curved)+>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon...
- Lordosis
Term: lordosisLiterally meaning: curving forwardOrigin: Anc Greek????????/lordosis(=lordosis) >(verb) ??????-?/lordoo( < (=>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200...
- Syrinx (plural Syringes)
Term: syrinx (plural syringes) Origin: Anc Greek ??????/syrix (=pan pipes or pan flute) an ancient musical instrument, consisting of cane pipes of different lengths. In Greek mythology Syrinx was a nymph who was changed into reed to save...