The Origin Of Disease Names

[@NameExplain]

Hello. Apologies if this video seemed a little dry in regards to the script and visuals. I didn’t want to make this one too wacky or use my dumb drawings to illustrate these diseases as seeing my figures with these diseases would somewhat undermine how awful many of them are. As mentioned in this video, my heart goes out to anyone with any of these diseases or has a loved one currently unwell.

[@Htownpadre]

You’re good, sir…thanks for all you do…

[@proCaylak]

don't worry. it still is a sick video

[@alidaweber1023]

While chicken pox is generally not serious, the virus can linger in the body and flare up again as shingles. Shingles is very painful and often shows up in older people.

[@darreljones8645]

David Letterman once came down with a case of the shingles. On his late-night show, he included a Top Ten list called "Top Ten Best Things About Getting Shingles." The only entry: "10.) There's nothing good about getting shingles - it hurts like hell."

[@JayTemple]

I recall a print ad from the 60's that showed a small child with hearing aids. The text was something close to, "Some kids get more than just funny red spots from the chickenpox."

[@Rajesh-Koothrappali]

Yes

[@DogDogGodFog]

@@JayTemple Yes, it's important to remember that diseases that aren't associated with severity can still be severe in some cases. E.g. I knew two people with multiple sclerosis who, due to their conditions, never made it to 60.

[@lucky_clover_4]

It would be interesting to have a follow up video about diseases named after locations and potential consequences that may cause (like the Spanish flu, West Nile virus, China virus, Zika and Ebola)

[@NameExplain]

Great idea.

[@fariesz6786]

two little corrections: lupus is Latin not Greek (that would be lykos as in lykanthropy) and AIDS is not another virus but is the disease caused by the HI virus; nowadays and with proper medication, one can be HIV-positive without getting AIDS

[@mellertid]

Similarly, the virus sars-cov-2 causes Covid-19 disease.

[@danielmalinen6337]

Chickenpox is a confusing disease name for a non-English speaker like me, who has to Google what it means when the same disease is known by different names in some places. For example, chickenpox is "vesirokko" (water blister) in Finnish. However, I have heard a folk etymological explanation for why English speakers call chicken pox as chicken pox, and that is, because English speakers think that the skin of a chicken pox patient looks like the pimpled skin of a plucked chicken, but I'm not sure if this is even close to the truth.

[@HalfEye79]

When I'm correct Chicken Pox in Germany is called Windpocken. We don't guilt an animal but the wind. And Diarrhoea in Germany is just called "Durchfall", which means it falls straight through.

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

You can find "dia", the Greek for "pass-through" in another disease name: diabetes. Then you have "mettilus" which means "sweet". In short, the name means the urine that passes through si sweet because of very high amounts of sugar from the blood.

[@fariesz6786]

Diabetes mellitus gang UwU

[@elinakangas571]

Finnish language: vesirokko - vesi = water tulirokko - tuli = fire tuhkarokko - tuhka = ash together known as rokko diseases. What is rokko? I have know idea. keuhkokuume literally translates lung fever. Love for algorithms. ❤

[@samwill7259]

Disease has been the specter standing behind all of human history For every change we've intentionally made in history, 3 have been made FOR us by disease.

[@bj.bruner]

I had no idea disease had such a simple etymology 🤯

[@A7X2509]

Great video. Definitely a topic id like to see more of as i am a doctor and enjoy this

[@humourlessjester3584]

I've always thought that chicken pox came from how a chicken looks after it's de-feathered and prepared for cooking. The skin has a lot of bumps that the pox are likened to.

[@erraticonteuse]

That's how goosebumps got their name.

[@Totalinternalreflection]

Yes I think this is correct

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

I think this is very possible

[@TheRawkHawk]

Hell yeah, I didn't know there was a channel like this explaining name origins. I can always look up such things myself but why not be entertained while learning? Great video, definitely subbing.

[@PockASqueeno]

Thank you for drawing a distinction between an abbreviation and an acronym! They are NOT the same thing!

[@Rajesh-Koothrappali]

My favourite is the bubonic plague, I catch that at least once every 2-3 days

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

Lupus is the Latin word for wolf, not Greek

[@DogDogGodFog]

Thank you for mentioning that MS can cause paralysis... So many people think that it "only causes your hands to be shaky", and that's very blatantly not the truth (I even saw educational videos claim that, ugh). I knew two separate people who became wheelchair-bound due to MS, and they both also had extreme difficulty manipulating their hands, as well as speaking. Neither of them made it to 60.

[@saathvikbogam]

Ngl I was expecting COVID to be on the list

[@fermintenava5911]

Well, Corona isn't the disease.

[@saathvikbogam]

@@fermintenava5911 Yes, my bad.

[@frankharr9466]

Good to know. I'd like to know more, like Palsy and Stroke.

[@DJPJ.]

Many of this word origens are the same as in my language, but others are quite different.

[@TheKlabim]

"it is never lupus"

[@thenumeratorofficial]

Me: "I hope he explains pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!" Video: "Let's talk about scurvy." Me: "OOOOOOOOHHHHHH, scurvy ain't for the likes of me, yar-har-har and a yo-ho-ho..."

[@fireincarnation2]

A disease of the lungs caused by inhaling volcanic silica dust?

[@thenumeratorofficial]

Affirmative.

[@AtarahDerek]

Thyroid cancer survivor here. And I wanna know, how on earth did they get a crab out of the shape of a cancer cell? What kinds of crazy shapes were they seeing in clouds as kids?

[@sydhenderson6753]

Not out of the cell, but the lesion. Some types sort of do resemble a crab because of blood vessels.

[@RavenFilms]

3:24 Definitely dated yourself there. Most kids in (in the western world at least) don’t get chicken pox anymore. The vaccine has been out for quite a while now.

[@kornaros96]

Antivaxers are going to change that

[@DogDogGodFog]

Not everyone gets every vaccine, though.

[@zaco-km3su]

I think many of these are conditions rather than diseases. Also, there's hepatitis F.

[@WarWolfen]

I always assumed Chicken Pox was named because it looks like the bumps on a chickens skin, at least when I was younger.

[@bcjmythical9576]

I thought pneumonia is a symptom not a disease by itself

[@TheRawkHawk]

"Hey Lois!... diarrhea!"

[@shippoblast]

anyone know the name of the background music? O:

[@michaincole]

Thanks!

[@NameExplain]

Thanks Michaincole!

[@JimmehRulez]

Bigbonerus - I got it I need help.

[@H.G.Halberd]

I think theres a specialist called jack Goff who knows some tips

[@JimmehRulez]

@@H.G.Halberd thank you! They prescribed me with Eja-Kyulayte and it's no longer ailing me!

[@erraticonteuse]

The technical term is priapism.

[@IronWolf123]

What about rabies?

[@mitochondria607]

plokplok

[@trien30]

A bit incorrect on diarrh(o)ea: "dia-" like in diarrh(o)ea or diabetes means flow but the initial r in diarrh(o)ea is merely a word connector so only -rh(o)ea mean "through" in diarrhoea. The o doesn't flow through in Greek as there's no 'o' in the Greek word διάρροια (d-i-á-r(h)-r(h)-i-a: The οι is an /i/ sound like in the word bit in English. So instead of -ia, British English used -oea for -οια but why? It is ι, or the Greek version of the letter i. In Greek, there's many spellings for the same sound like /i/ like ι, η, οι, etc... and in the word diarrhoea from Greek, it's an i sound for οι, why use "oe" from French since 1066? I would suggest either using the American English spelling as diarrhea or changing it to "diarrhia" to accurately portray and follow Greek spelling.) For words of Greek origin, I find the British English spelling via French sometimes doesn't make sense. American English spelling fits closer to the original Greek spelling or pronunciation.

[@fisicogamer1902]

not exactly. The "diarrhoea" spelling was took from Latin, not Greek. Latin took it not from Modern Greek the word "διάρροια" , but from Ancient Greek. In Ancient Greek the sounds change wildly, depending on the region and the time chosen. The Roman that changed "διάρροια " into "diarrhoea" heard probably a greek that spoke "οι" as "oe". Blame the Romans for the crazy spelling rules on this one, not the Brits. If British English spelling doesn't make sense to you, probably you have to learn more etymology, since the British spelling follows word etymologies really closely, while American English follows the pronunciation more closely.

[@jamesuthmann940]

You said we are phasing out old diseases like measles and mumps, but unfortunately they are starting to make a comeback, thanks to people who refuse to vaccinate.

[@cobbercube]

pox.

[@nebulan]

Holy cow your spelling of diarrhea is weird. I had no idea there was a different spelling in British English.