Etymology

adhesiotomy

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Today it means: The surgical procedure to divide or separate an adhesion. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ← English adhesion
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  1. Frenchadhésion
  2. Englishadhesion
  3. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  4. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  5. English todayadhesiotomy

From adhesion + -tomy.

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