anaclisis

Term: anaclisis

Literally meaning: “call back”

Origin: Anc Greek

 ανα/ana-ανα/ana-(preposition that denotes “upon”, “throughout”, “alteration” “upward”, “back”, “repetition”, “apart”)

>κλήση/clisi(=call)>καλώ/calo(=call)

Definition

Anaclisis is an excessive and strong emotional dependence on others especially to a paternal figure.

anadromous

Term: anadromous

Literally meaning: “throughout road”

Origin: Anc Greek

 ανά/ana(=preposition that denotes “upon”, “throughout”, “alteration”)

+δρόμος/dromos(= road, street) >δέδρομα/dedroma(=past perfect of verb “τρέχω”(=run).

Definition

Αnadromous is the migrating from salt water to up river in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo.

anasarca

Term: anasarca

Literally meaning: “throughout body”

Origin: Anc Greek

> ανά/ana(=upon, throughout)

+σαρξ/sarcs(=flesh)

Definition

Anasarca is the excess accumulation of fluid in tissues.

protobiology

Term: protobiology(n)

Literally meaning: “first biology”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

βιο-/vio(bio-, combining form for “life”) > βία/via(=rush) 

+λογία/logia(=logy, suffix meaning “study of”  or “discourse of”) >λέω/leo (=speak)

Definition

Protobiology is the study of the minute life forms.

protolith

Term: protolith(n)

Literally meaning: “first-stone”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

+λίθος/(-lithos)(=stone)

Definition

Protolith is the original state of a sedimentary rock before its metamotphism. 

protopathic

Term: protopathic (adj)

Literally meaning: “first-passion”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

πάθος/pathos > πάθος( masculine gender)  / pathos (=passion, sorrow, strong emotion) >πάσχω/pascho(=to be affected by, to suffer)

Definition

Protopathic is the sensory nerve which is capable to distinguish only coarse stimulus such as pain and heat. 

protophloem

Term: protophloem (n)

Literally meaning: “first-phloem”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

φλοιός/phlios(=bark, outer layer of a tree)

Definition

Protophloem is the first constructed narrow cell in phloem. 

prototroph

Term: prototroph (n)

Literally meaning: “first food”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

τροφή/trophy(food) > δρέπω/drepo(=gather)

Definition

Prototroph is an organism that is capable to synthesize its nourishment from inorganic sources.

proto-

 Term: proto- (prefix)

Literally meaning: “first”

Origin: Anc Greek

πρώτος/protos(=first) > πρo/pro-(prefix denoting “in front of”, “towards”, "before")

Definition

Proto- is a prefix that denotes first, before, primary, primitive, or original.

zootomy

Term: zootomy

Literally meaning: “the cutting of animal”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+τομή/tome(=section, slice, (=section, slice, trunk, stalk) > τέμνω/temno(=cut)

Coined/History

Definition

Zootomy is the dissection or anatomy of animals.

zoosphere

Term: zoosphere (n)

Literally meaning: “animals’ order”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+σφαίρα/spera(=globe, sphere)

Coined/History

Definition

Zoosphere is the global community of animals in lexical analogy to “biosphere”. 

zoophobia

Term: zoophobia

Literally meaning: “fear of animals”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

-φοβία/phobia(=combining form denoting fear)

Coined/History

Definition

Zoophobia is the abnormal fear of the animals.  

zooparasite

Term: zooparasite (n)

Literally meaning: “animal parasite”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+(parasite) >

παρά- (prefix denoting  “beside”)

+σίτος (=wheat, food) > σείω /sio(=winnow harvested wheat) a person who eats at the table of another

Coined/History

Definition

Zooparasite is the parasite of an animal.

zoomorphism

Term: zoomorphism(n)

Literally meaning: “tendency to animal shape”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+ μορφή/morphe(=shape, form)

+(-ισμός)/-ismos(=ism, denoting “an action”, “state”, “tendency”)

Coined/History

Definition

Zoomorphism is the a technique in which animal attributes and features are imposed upon non-animal objects, humans, and and inanimate objects.

zoogenesis

Term: zoogenesis (n)

Literally meaning: “birth of animal”

Origin: Anc Greek

zoo-gegenesis

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+γένεσις/genesis(=origin) > γεννώ/geno(= “to produce”, “to give birth to”, “to create”)

Coined/History

Zoogenesis was  an evolutionary theory from American Zoologist Hobart Clark (1880-1954) which was developed in his book “The new Evolution of Zoogenesis”.  Acoording Clark  "major types of life forms on earth evolved separately and independently from all the others"

Definition

Zoogenesis is the origin and evolution of an animal.