Etymology

cirsoid

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Ancient Greek κιρσός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκιρσός“a dilated vein”
  2. English todaycirsoid

Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós, “a dilated vein”) + -oid.

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