Etymology

arthroereisis

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Today it means: The support or propping up of a joint. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἔρεισις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἔρεισις“lifting, bracing against, propping up”
  2. English todayarthroereisis

From arthro- + Ancient Greek ἔρεισις (éreisis, “lifting, bracing against, propping up”), from ἐρείδω (ereídō, “lift, prop up, brace”).

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