IDEAS IN MEDICAL AND ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY

MINI-REVIEW OF SHORT STATURE (Part B)

Clinical Eye Openers (CEO)

GNOME - MIDGET

Some Clinical Points

Both individuals just presented share similar signs that represent a signal virtually diagnostic of achondroplasia. A consistent combination of signs represents a syndrome. Diagnosis represents a synthesis of the above ...

SHORT STATURE

DWARF - PYGMY - GNOME, and, and, ..., HUMAN - HOMUNCULUS

Gallery and Clinical Pearls

Achondroplasia, Midget, ..., Visual Signs, ...

To view a "short stature" person in a clinical perspective, please, focus on body proportions:- Is the head larger? - Is the root of the nose well-developed? Or is there ...

PROGNATHISM - HABSBURG JAW

Gnathia Micrognathia Macrognathia Prognathia Mandible Chin Menton

Habsburg Autosomal Dominant Mutation (part I)

Gnat Gnow ... Gena Genus ... Gingiva ... Gum

The scope of "gnathos" from "gnathion", Greek for chin or "menton" in Spanish from Latin "mentum" flows into "cheek or "gena" and further away to gnat, to imply "to chew" ...

CYCLOPIA

WELCOME and PLEASE NOTICE

We are implementing a CHANGE

NOTICE; Clinical Eye Openers (CEO) is our emerging new companion web-site mainly dedicated to the presentation of "challenge images" illustrating visually detectable developmental (mostly prenatal in nature) variations and anomalies. Pandora Word Box will ...

RUSSIANS ASSAULT UKRAINE

PUTIN'S "FINAL SOLUTION" of the UKRAINIAN PROBLEM

PRECEDENT - HITLER - SUDETENLAND

DESTRUCTION and ANNEXATION

OVERVIEW C The excuse to invade Crimea was the need to Russia to protect the culture and language or "brotherly" Russians in Crimea who falsely claimed to be  threatened by "Ukrainian fascists". ...

SAINT VALENTINE

Carnival - Mardi Gras

(Part 3)

VALEntine and CARNE VALE or Carnival may have common roots. After the failure by Christian clerics to eradicate this popular pagan festivity, their alternative was to "Christianize" Carnival or LUPERCALIA and to ...

LOVE LUST

Lupercalia Carnival Mardi Gras

(Part 2)

  Nobody is immune from the errant arrows of Cupid  Early spring ... birds sing love songs ... in ancient Rome, February 14th was chosen as the day for those pierced by Cupid`s ...

LUPERCALIA is CARNAVAL (CARNIVAL)

Mardi Gras - Think of Dionysus

(First Part)

CARN          as in          Carnal             VALe   Leave Levitate MAR     Mars Martial          DI   Divine Diva          DIEM   Day Deity                    GRAS   Greasy Unctuous LUPERCALIA     Roman feast LUPUS     Wolf   LUPA     Prostitute   BACCHANALIA     Greek feast   Dancing releases spirits. Many Bacchanalia during Carnival arise fromcombining releases from reason, facilitated byalcoholic inhibition of inhibitions. Saint Valentine ...

NEW YEAR

Salud and Prosperity

New Calende

A New Accountability Calendar

Poetry is Beauty and I Find Both in Words (Anthos - Anthology) Wladimir Wertelecki, M.D.   Anthos Anthology Tempus Fugit Time is a Fugitive  JANUARY from JANUS SATURATED PROSPERITY from SATURN and   SALUD from SALT SATURATED ...

ZENO

Stoic

Placid Pleasant Tranquil

Zeno divided Philosophy into logic, physics and ethics. He spoke of the "ether" (universe) as divine fire (energy) and of souls as belonging the the "world-soul" of the Universe. He  ...