Etymology

buserelin

B3U1S1E1R1E1L1I1N1

Today it means: A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. Full definition →

English release ← Middle English relesen ← Old French relaisser
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tritós
  4. Proto-Italic*tritios
  5. Latintertius
  6. Englishtert-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  9. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tuh₂rós
  12. Proto-Hellenic*tūrós
  13. Ancient Greekτῡρός (tūrós)
  14. Ancient Greekβούτῡρος (boútūros)
  15. Englishbut-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. Englishbutyl
  19. Englishtert-butyl
  20. Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
  21. Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
  22. Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
  23. Latinsēricus
  24. Englishserine
  25. Proto-Italic*wre-
  26. Latinre-
  27. Old Frenchre-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-s-ós
  30. Latinlaxus
  31. Latinlaxō
  32. Vulgar Latin*laxicāre
  33. Vulgar Latin*lassicāre
  34. Old Frenchlaschier
  35. Old Frenchrelaschier
  36. Old Frenchrelaisser
  37. Middle Englishrelesen
  38. Englishrelease
  39. English todaybuserelin

From (tert-)bu(tyl) + se(rine) + -relin (“LHRH release–stimulating peptide”).

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