Gustav Killian

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Gustav Killian (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

Related Terms

  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) was a German laryngologist who is best known for his pioneering work in bronchoscopy. He was born on June 2, 1860, and died on February 24, 1921.

Etymology

The name Gustav is of Old Norse origin, meaning "staff of the Geats". Killian is an Irish surname, derived from the Gaelic name Cillian, which means "little church".

Biography

Gustav Killian was born in Mainz, Germany. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin and later specialized in otolaryngology, the study of ear, nose, and throat conditions. He is considered the father of bronchoscopy, a procedure that allows doctors to look at the airways through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope.

Contributions to Medicine

Killian's most significant contribution to medicine was the development of bronchoscopy. He performed the first bronchoscopy in 1897, using a rigid bronchoscope to remove a pork bone from a patient's airway. This procedure revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of lung and airway diseases.

Killian also made significant contributions to the field of laryngology. He developed new surgical techniques for the treatment of laryngeal cancer and other throat conditions. He also identified and named the Killian's dehiscence, a weak area in the posterior wall of the larynx.

Related Terms

  • Bronchoscopy: A procedure that allows doctors to look at the airways through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope.
  • Otolaryngology: The medical specialty that deals with conditions of the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and related areas of the head and neck.
  • Laryngeal cancer: Cancer that forms in tissues of the larynx (voice box).
  • Killian's dehiscence: A weak area in the posterior wall of the larynx, named after Gustav Killian.

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