What is the connection between malignant neoplasms and crabs?!
Question: What is the connection between malignant neoplasms and crabs!?
The more common term for malignant neoplasms, cancer, is Latin for crab, and the word "carcinogen," meaning a cancer-causing agent, comes from the Greek word for crab, "karkinos!." What is the connection between these two seemingly unrelated things!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Cancer, both the disease and the astronomical constellation, derive from the Latin cancer or cancrum, meaning crab!. The astrological sign, of course, is said to resemble a crab and the disease was so named by the ancient Greek physician Galen (129-200 A!.D!.) who noted the similarity between a certain type of tumor with a crab as well
The consumer health information on answer-health.com is
for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice or
treatment for any medical conditions.
The answer content post by the user, if contains the copyright content please contact us, we will immediately remove it.
The answer content post by the user, if contains the copyright content please contact us, we will immediately remove it.
Copyright © 2007-2011 answer-health.com - Terms of Use - Contact us