Invented medical terms? | Q&A about words

You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith.org » Forums » General Topics » Q&A about words » Invented medical terms?

Page 1 of 2

Topic Options

#210737 - 05/04/13 02:26 AM Invented medical terms?
zakerna stranger Registered: 05/04/13 Posts: 6 Loc: South Africa	http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/ On the above data base, my great-grandmother's cause of death is given as "maemia" - I cannot find out what it means by Googling. A fellow genealogist's ancestor died of "paedotrophia" - and she cannot find out what that is, either. Is it possible that the British concentration camp authorities wrote down any medical-sounding words they could devise to disguise the fact that people were dying like flies of starvation and so on? Or are those really medical terms?
Top

#210738 - 05/04/13 07:22 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	Part of it may be the ligature æ being replaced by e. That said, I find nothing in onelook for memia, but pedatrophia does yield this.
Top

#210740 - 05/04/13 10:23 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh	maemia It might be a transcription error for anaemia. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Top

#210744 - 05/04/13 01:22 PM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: Faldage]
zakerna stranger Registered: 05/04/13 Posts: 6 Loc: South Africa	Thanks!
Top

#210745 - 05/04/13 01:29 PM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
zakerna stranger Registered: 05/04/13 Posts: 6 Loc: South Africa	pedatropia or marasmus: extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food... I'll say!
Top

#210755 - 05/05/13 11:31 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8436 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	WELCOME,zakerna _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
Top

#210828 - 05/07/13 04:00 PM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
zakerna stranger Registered: 05/04/13 Posts: 6 Loc: South Africa	Thank you for the welcome. Where must I draw you a sheep? Why must I draw you a sheep?
Top

#210845 - 05/09/13 01:47 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: zakerna]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	I think the signature is a quote from Winny the Pooh and something like a rethorical question.
Top

#210849 - 05/09/13 02:52 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: BranShea]
Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska	The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. May be rhetorical; some take it literally.
Top

#210853 - 05/09/13 11:47 AM Re: Invented medical terms? [Re: Tromboniator]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8436 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Exactly, Peter. I responded to the question in a PM. Since the Pilot cannot draw very well, he draws a box, and tells the Prince that the sheep is in the box, which satisfies him. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
Top

Page 1 of 2

Moderator: Jackie

Forum Stats

8947 Members
16 Forums
13866 Topics
222207 Posts

Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM

Newest Members


	Wordsmith Talk		About Us \| What's New \| Search \| Site Map \| Contact Us

Wordsmith Talk