Serpiginous
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Serpiginous means possessing an undulating bordercreeping from one place to another. In medicine, it was originally, and still is commonly, applied to skin lesions that spread with an undulating border. However However, radiology adopted it asthe term in a useful descriptive word for various imaging appearances e.g. calcifiedmanner synonymous with serpentine to mean tortuous, especially when describing blood vessels 2-4.
History and etymology
It derives from the Latin word serpigoserpīgo, itselfwhich, like the Greek derivative herpes (ἕρπης), means "a creeping" 5,6. In now archaic English usage, serpigo refers to creeping skin diseases such as ringworm. Both serpigo and the English word serpent are derived from seperethe Latin serpĕre, meaning "to creep". The English word 'serpent' derives from the same Latin root 1,5.
-<p><strong>Serpiginous</strong> means possessing an undulating border. In medicine it was originally, and still is commonly, applied to skin lesions. However radiology adopted it as a useful descriptive word for various imaging appearances e.g. calcified vessels <sup>2</sup>.</p><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It derives from the Latin word serpigo, itself derived from sepere, meaning "to creep". The English word 'serpent' derives from the same Latin root <sup>1</sup>.</p>- +<p><strong>Serpiginous</strong> means creeping from one place to another. In medicine, it was originally, and still is commonly, applied to skin lesions that spread with an undulating border. However, radiology adopted the term in a manner synonymous with <strong>serpentine</strong> to mean tortuous, especially when describing blood vessels <sup>2-4</sup>.</p><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It derives from the Latin word serpīgo, which, like the Greek derivative herpes (ἕρπης<em>)</em>, means "a creeping" <sup>5,6</sup>. In now archaic English usage, serpigo refers to creeping skin diseases such as ringworm. Both serpigo and the English word serpent are derived from the Latin serpĕre, meaning "to creep" <sup>1,5</sup>.</p>
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- 3. Di Chiro G. Serpentine (not serpiginous) vessels in spinal arteriovenous malformations. (1988) Radiology. 166 (1 Pt 1): 286. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.166.1.3336699">doi:10.1148/radiology.166.1.3336699</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3336699">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 4. Di Chiro G. "Serpentine" vessel, not "serpiginous". (1987) Journal of neurosurgery. 67 (3): 474. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3612285">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 5. "serpigo, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2019. Web. 21 October 2019.
- 6. "herpes, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2019. Web. 21 October 2019.
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