Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word OriginsThis second edition of Medical Meanings is fully updated and revised to include over thirty percent more of the definitions, histories, and amusing. More than a dictionary, it explores the history of medical terms, tracing some back to classical roots and describing the recent coinage of others. All previous 3000 entries have been considered afresh, and many have been revised or sharpened, and nearly 300 new words and phrases have been added. |
Common terms and phrases
19th century abdomen acid agent Alexander Gode alkaloid allusion anatomist anatomy ancient animal applied artery became bile blood body bone brain called cause cavity cells combines the Greek combining form taken comes contrived denotes derived describes designate diminutive direct borrowing disease drug eidos example fever fluid fungus genus German gland Greek mythology Greek word hair hence Hippocrates Incidentally Indo-European Indo-European root infection inflammation intestine kidney known Late Latin later Latin term Latin verb Latin word lesion literally liver meant medical terms medicine membrane ment Middle English muscle name given nerve noun Old English Old French Old Norse organ origin ovum pain particularly past participle patient person pertains physician plant plural prefix presumably resemble Romans sense shape skin sound spelled spinal cord stoma structure substance suffix swelling symptom syphilis term combines term is taken theophylline thought tion tissue tive tumor turn urine usually uterus vein vessel word meaning
References to this book
Images of Idiocy: The Idiot Figure in Modern Fiction and Film Martin Halliwell No preview available - 2004 |