Biology
- Parasympathetic
Term: parasympathetic Literally meaning: ?beside sympathetic? Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=pefix denoting intentification, ?beside?, ?near?, ?contrary of? ?side by side? ?past by?, ?beyond?)+?????????/sympathia(=>???/syn(=together,...
- 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...
- Kyphosis
Term: kyphosisLiterally meaning: Origin: Anc Greek???????/kyphosis(=kyphosis) >?????/kyphos(=bent forward, humped) > ?????/kypto(=bent)+>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of...
- 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
scoliosis
Term: scoliosis
Literally meaning:
Origin: Anc Greek
?????????/s?oliosis (=scoliosis)
>(noun) scolios/skolios(=bent, twisted or curved)
+>-????/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.
Definition
Scoliosis is a side-to-side curvature of the spine.
- Parasympathetic
Term: parasympathetic Literally meaning: ?beside sympathetic? Origin: Anc Greek????-/para-(=pefix denoting intentification, ?beside?, ?near?, ?contrary of? ?side by side? ?past by?, ?beyond?)+?????????/sympathia(=>???/syn(=together,...
- 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...
- Kyphosis
Term: kyphosisLiterally meaning: Origin: Anc Greek???????/kyphosis(=kyphosis) >?????/kyphos(=bent forward, humped) > ?????/kypto(=bent)+>-????/osis(=osis, suffix meaning a medical condition) Coined/HistoryThe ancient Greek phycisian Galen of...
- 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...