Etymology

amacrine

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Today it means: Without long processes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μᾰκρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμᾰκρός“long”
  2. English todayamacrine

From a- (“not”) + Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) + -ine.

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