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Autonomic

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Post published:July 14, 2019
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Gr. autos = self, and nomos = law. Hence the part of the nervous system which is self-controlled or autonomous.

Autopsy

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Post published:July 17, 2019
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Gr. autos = self, and opsis = to look at. In the third century B.C., the word autopsia denoted those observations on the patient made by the physician himself, in contrast to…

Avastin

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Post published:December 4, 2019
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Bevacizumab (VEGF-A inhib.) is made from Chinese hamster ovarian cells. source & copyright

Axial

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Post published:July 17, 2019
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L. axis = axle or pivot

Axis

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Post published:July 14, 2019
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L. axis = axle or pivot. Also refers to the second cervical vertebrae (C2).

Azygos

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Post published:July 17, 2019
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Gr. a = not, and zygos = a yoke. Therefore, this applies to any unpaired or unyoked structure, such as the azygos vein or the azygos lobe of the lung.

Bactericidal

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Post published:July 24, 2019
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L. cida = killer or slayer. This root can be found in homicide, suicide, genocide etc.

Bacterium

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Post published:October 1, 2021
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L. bacterium is the latinisation of the Greek bakterion = staff, cane. The first bacteria observed by Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1676, were rod-shaped. The term was introduced as a scientific word…

Basilaris

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Post published:July 17, 2019
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L. basilaris = basal, originally from Gr. basis = a base.

Bicuspid

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Post published:July 17, 2019
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L. bi = two, and cuspis = sail. Refers to the left atrioventricular valve, or mitral valve.