Etymology

choriogonadotropin

Today it means: chorionic gonadotropin Full definition →

English gonadotropin ← Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós) ← Latin tropus
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  1. Ancient Greekχόρῐον (khórĭon)
  2. Englishchorio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  6. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  7. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  8. New Latingonadēs
  9. Englishgonad
  10. Englishgonado-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  12. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  13. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  14. Latintropus
  15. Englishgonadotrope
  16. Englishgonado-
  17. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  18. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  19. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  20. Englishgonadotropin
  21. English todaychoriogonadotropin

From chorio- + gonadotropin.

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