From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1:12 hours, implying an average day-over-day increase of 2.4 minutes. The shortest day of the month is April 1 with 12:41 hours of daylight; the longest day is April 30 with 13:53 hours of daylight.
The term âeponymâ originates from the Greek word âeponymous,â which means ânamed after.â An eponym was a simple way to describe tumors and tumorlike lesions that initially were not well understood.ponyms were used as a simple way to describe different tumors and tumorlike lesions at the beginning of our understanding of those entities and to acknowledge contributions of pioneers who helped to improve our understanding.
tumor. 1  1. swelling, one of the cardinal signs of inflammation; morbid enlargement. 2  2. neoplasm; a new growth of tissue in which cell multiplication is uncontrolled and progressive. 3  Tumors are called also cancers or neoplasms, which means that they are composed of new and actively growing tissue. Their growth is faster than that of normal tissue, continuing after cessation of the stimuli that evoked the growth, and serving no useful physiological purpose.