Etymology

clinicopathologic

Today it means: Relating to clinicopathology, that is, both the clinical symptoms of a patient and the results of laboratory (especially pathology laboratory) tests, as in clinicopathologic correlations or a clinicopathologic conference. Full definition →

English clinicopathology ← Ancient Greek πᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Englishclinico-
  12. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  13. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  17. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  18. Ancient Greekπαθολογίᾱ (pathologíā)
  19. Ancient Greekπᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós)
  20. Englishpathologic
  21. Englishclinico-
  22. Englishpathology
  23. Englishclinicopathology
  24. English todayclinicopathologic

From clinico- + pathologic, or from clinicopathology + -ic.

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