PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

INFLAMMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Latin word for Pain?
A
Dolor
B
Calor
C
Tumor
D
Rubor
E
Functio Laesa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From Old Occitan dolor, from Latin dolor, dolōrem (“pain, sorrow”).

Detailed explanation-2: -From Latin-algia, from Ancient Greek (álgos, “pain, sorrow”).

Detailed explanation-3: -This assonant phrase refers to the heat (calor), pain (dolor), redness (rubor), and swelling (tumor) that characterize the clinical symptoms of inflammation as they were defined in the first century AD by the Roman scholar Celsus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Etymology. From Latin dolōrem, from Proto-Italic *dolōs, from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁ōs, derived from the root *delh₁-(“to split, divide”).

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