Etymology

cephalotribe

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Today it means: A surgical instrument for performing cephalotripsy. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τρίβω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρίβω“to rub, grind”
  2. English todaycephalotribe

From cephalo- + Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub, grind”).

Words from the same roots

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