Etymology

acampsia

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Ancient Greek ἀκαμψία
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀκαμψία“inflexibility”
  2. English todayacampsia

From Ancient Greek ἀκαμψία (akampsía, “inflexibility”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κάμπτω (kámptō, “bend”)).

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