Sources:
- bone. Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus website. Available at: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone?show=0&t=1311259988. Accessed July 21, 2011.
- bone. Dictionary.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. Available at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bone. Accessed July 21, 2011.
FRACTURE:
The dictionary definition of the noun form of fracture is “the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; specifically: the breaking of hard tissue (as bone).” The word can also refer to the abrupt damage to soft tissue, such as an organ or membrane. The word’s origins trace to the 15th century from Middle English to Latin fractura.
Source:
- fracture. Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus website. Available at: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fracture. Accessed July 21, 2011.
FIBROMYALGIA:
Also known as fibromyalgia syndrome, it is the second most common arthritic condition after osteoarthritis. It denotes a collection of symptoms and has taken other names, such as “muscular rheumatism,” “fibrositis,” and “psychogenic rheumatism” before the name “fibromyalgia” was coined by Mohammad Yunus who published it in a paper in 1981. The word comes from the Latin fibro for fiber and the Greeks myo for muscle and algos for pain.
Sources:
- What is fibromyalgia? WebMD. Available at: http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/what-is-fibromyalgia. Accessed July 20, 2011.
- Yunus M, Masi AT, Calabro JJ, Miller KA, Feigenbaum SL. Primary fibromyalgia (fibrositis): Clinical study of 50 patients with matched normal controls. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1981;11:151-171.
- Wolfe F, Smythe HA, Yunus MB, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee. Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33:160-172.
NURSE:
Relating to healthcare, Merriam-Webster’s defines nurse as “a person who cares for the sick or infirm; specifically: a licensed healthcare professional who practices independently or is supervised by a physician, surgeon, or dentist and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health.” The word first used in the 13th century derives from the Middle English norice, norce, from the Anglo-French nurice, and from the Latin feminine of nutricius for nourishing.
Source:
- nurse. Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus website. Available at: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nurse?show=0&t=1311261710. Accessed July 21, 2011.
GOUT:
Refers to an acute arthritic attack of one or more joints due to an overload of uric acid in the blood. First used in the 13th century by Randolphus of Bocking, “gout” comes from the Middle English goute, the Anglo-French gute and the Latin gutta, both for “drop.” Before that, it was known as “the king of diseases and the disease of kings” and can be traced back to 2600 BC in Egypt. The Greek Hippocrates also described the condition to some extent in his Aphorisms.
